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Definition: Nauplius
Nauplius
\Nau"pli*us\, n.; pl.
Nauplii. [L., a kind of
shellfish, fr. Gr. nay^s ship + ? to sail.] (Zo["o]l.)
A crustacean larva having three pairs of locomotive organs
(corresponding to the antennules, antenn[ae], and mandibles),
a median eye, and little or no segmentation of the body.
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