nauplius
noun
nau·pli·us ˈnȯ-plē-əs 
plural nauplii ˈnȯ-plē-ˌī
-ˌē
: a crustacean larva in usually the first stage after leaving the egg and with three pairs of appendages, a median eye, and little or no segmentation
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Latin, a shellfish, from Greek nauplios
First Known Use
1836, in the meaning defined above
- oyster cracker
- oyster culture
- oyster dredge
- oyster drill
- oyster farm
- oyster farmer
- oyster fork
- oyster grass
- oyster gray
- oyster knife
- oyster leech
- oyster mushroom
- oyster nut
- oyster plant
- oyster plover
- oyster rake
- oyster tongs
- oyster tree
- oyster wench
- oyster white
- oyster-culturist
- oyster-toad
- oysterage
- oysterbird
- oystercatcher