Definitions
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- noun zoology A
larval stage of development incrustaceans , especiallydecapods such as crabs, characterized by spines on thecarapace and rudimentarythoracic and abdominal limbs.
Etymologies
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New Latin zoea, from Ancient Greek ζωή (zōē, "life").
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Examples
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_Peneus_ with its long direct development gave the best and truest picture of the ancestral history of the Malacostraca, and that accordingly the nauplius and the zoaea larvæ represented important ancestral stages.
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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