Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A later stage in the development of some crustaceans, after the first nauplius form, and before the zoëa stage is reached; a crustacean of this later naupliiform character.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A larval crustacean in a stage following the nauplius, and having about seven pairs of appendages.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology A
larval crustacean in a stage following thenauplius , having about seven pairs ofappendages .
Etymologies
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meta- + nauplius
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Examples
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The eggs are carried in the brood pouch until they hatch into either nauplius or metanauplius larvae.
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The eggs hatch into nauplius or metanauplius larvae which undergo several moults before reaching maturity.
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The eggs are carried in the brood pouch until they hatch into either nauplius or metanauplius larvae.
fbharjo commented on the word metanauplius
a crustacean larval stage with seven pairs of appendages
November 10, 2009