nauplius

Etymology


Borrowed from (coined by Danish naturalist  (1730–1784) who mistakenly thought the larvae were a separate genus of animal), from, from , from  + ; compare 🇨🇬, from 🇨🇬.

The plural nauplii is from +.

Noun

 * 1)  A crustacean larva that has three pairs of locomotive organs (corresponding to antennules, antennae, and mandibles), a median eye, and little or no segmentation of the body.

Coordinate terms

 * See Thesaurus:youngling

Translations

 * Catalan: nauplius
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 無節幼體
 * Italian: nauplio
 * Lithuanian: nauplijus
 * Romanian:
 * Spanish: nauplio

Etymology
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