nauplialadj.
/ˈnɔːplɪəl/, U.S. /ˈnɔpliəl/, /ˈnɑpliəl/ Zoology.
= naupliar adj.
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naupliiform1869
nauplial1876
1876 Proc. Royal Soc. 1875–6 24 133 Both have got, like Amphion, a central (Nauplial) eye and eight pairs of branched legs.
1963 Ecology 44 210/1 Increasing temperatures in some way might affect the nauplial stages either in hatching of the eggs or in the development of the nauplius.
1982 Bull. Japanese Soc. Sci. Fisheries 48 376/1 An ocellus, which persists in subsequent nauplial stages, is present near the anterior end.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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