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