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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
nauplius /ˈnɔːplɪəs/

▶noun (pl. nauplii /-plɪʌɪ, -plɪiː/) Zoology the first larval stage of many crustaceans, having an unsegmented body and a single eye.

– origin C19: from L., denoting a kind of shellfish, or from the Gk name Nauplios, the son of the sea god Poseidon in Greek mythology.

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