nauplius

Speech parts

1. nauplius - Noun

2. Nauplius - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

barnacle shrimp crustacean larva crab lobster prawn arthropod copepod decapod amphipod mysis isopod krill plankton
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Derivatives

nauplii

Examples

Pausanias 10.31.2; Simpson, Gods & Heroes of the Greeks: The Library of Apollodorus, p. 251. Palamedes' father Nauplius sailed to the Troad and asked for justice, but was refused. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

naupliar naupliiform nauplioid naur nauropometer Nauros