(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:23:00

Nau"pli*us (?), n.; pl. Nauplii (#). [L., a kind of shellfish, fr. Gr. ship + 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.

 

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