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Nauplius
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Nau′pli-us
,Noun.
pl.
Nauplii
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. [L., a kind of shellfish, fr. Gr.
ναῦσ
ship + [GREEK] to sail.] (Zool.)
A crustacean larva having three pairs of locomotive organs (corresponding to the antennules, antennae, and mandibles), a median eye, and little or no segmentation of the body.