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- noun Plural form of
leptocephalus .
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Examples
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Fresh larvae (called leptocephali, fact fans) swim all the way here from the Sargasso Sea (which, as those same fact fans will tell you, is an area of the North Atlantic Ocean).
Londonist 2010
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"They're minute at that stage, willow leaf-shaped, called leptocephali - 'small heads'," says Don.
The Guardian World News Jon Henley 2010
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(Picture at australianmuseum. net.au/image/Eel-leptocephali.)
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(Picture at australianmuseum. net.au/image/Eel-leptocephali.)
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(Picture at australianmuseum. net.au/image/Eel-leptocephali.)
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(Picture at australianmuseum. net.au/image/Eel-leptocephali.)
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(Picture at australianmuseum. net.au/image/Eel-leptocephali.)
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(Picture at australianmuseum. net.au/image/Eel-leptocephali.)
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(Picture at australianmuseum. net.au/image/Eel-leptocephali.)
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(Picture at australianmuseum. net.au/image/Eel-leptocephali.)
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