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Definition of: nauplius
(nô′plē·əs) noun plural ·pli·i (-plē·ī) Zool.
A larval stage of certain crustaceans, with body unsegmented, a median eye, and three pairs of legs which correspond to the anterior and posterior antennae and the mandibles of the adult. [<L, a kind of shellfish]
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