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zoealest

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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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