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| nau·pli·us [ náwplee əss ] (plural nau·pli·i [ náwplee ]) |
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crustacean larva: a free-swimming larva that is produced by many different crustaceans, with an unsegmented body, three pairs of limbs, and a single eye
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| [Mid-19th century. Via Latin, kind of shellfish < Greek nauplios] |
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