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nau·plius (nô′plē əs)

noun pl. nauplii -·plii′ (-ī′)

the first larval stage in the development of certain crustaceans, typically unsegmented with only three pairs of appendages, all on the head, and an unpaired median eye

Etymology: L, kind of shellfish < Gr nauplios, kind of shellfish said to sail in its shell as in a ship < naus, ship (see navy) + pleiein, to sail

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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