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nauplius

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Noun
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Nau=pli=us

CIDE DICTIONARY

naupliusn. [L., a kind of shellfish, fr. Gr. nay^s ship + to sail.].
     A crustacean larva having three pairs of locomotive organs (corresponding to the antennules, antennæ, and mandibles), a median eye, and little or no segmentation of the body.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

nauplius, n. (pl. nauplii) the first larval stage of some crustaceans.

Etymology
L, = a kind of shellfish, or f. Gk Nauplios son of Poseidon

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