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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lepto-/ˈlɛptəʊ/

▶combining form small; narrow: leptocephalic.

– origin from Gk leptos ‘fine, thin, delicate’.

'lepto-' also found in these Oxford entries:

leptospirosis - leptotene

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