nauplial
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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