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nauplioid

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nau⋅pli⋅us

  [naw-plee-uhs]
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–noun, plural -pli⋅i  [-plee-ahy] .
(in many crustaceans) a larval form with three pairs of appendages and a single median eye, occurring usually as the first stage of development after leaving the egg.
Origin:
1830–40; < L: a kind of shellfish

Related forms:
nau⋅pli⋅al, nau⋅pli⋅form, nau⋅pli⋅oid, adjective
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