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zo⋅e⋅a

[zoh-ee-uh]
–noun, plural -e⋅ae [-ee-ee] , -e⋅as. Zoology.
any of the free-swimming larva of certain crustaceans, as the crab, having rudimentary legs and a spiny carapace.

Origin:
1820–30; < NL, equiv. to Gk () life + NL -ea -ea


zo⋅e⋅al, adjective
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zo·e·a   (zō-ē'ə)   
n.   pl. zo·e·ae (-ē'ē) or zo·e·as
A larval form of crabs and other decapod crustaceans, characterized by one or more spines on the carapace and rudimentary limbs on the abdomen and thorax.

[New Latin, from Greek zōē, life; see azo-.]
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