nauplial

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• nauplial — See nauplius. * * * …   Universalium

• nauplius — nauplial, naupliform, nauplioid, adj. /naw plee euhs/, n., pl. nauplii / plee uy /. (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… …   Universalium

• nauplius —   n. (pl. ii ) first larval form of crustacean.    ♦ nauplial,    ♦ naupliform,    ♦ nauplioid, a …   Dictionary of difficult words