nauplius
noun
(in many crustaceans) a larval form with three pairs of appendages and a single median eye, occurring usually as the first stage of development after leaving the egg.
nauplii
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pluralof nauplius.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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All the larvae, all the little nauplii and tornarias, all the microscopic things, the jelly-fish.
From The Invisible Man by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
