zoea
any of the free-swimming larva of certain crustaceans, as the crab, having rudimentary legs and a spiny carapace.
Origin of zoea
1Other words from zoea
- zo·e·al, adjective
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How to use zoea in a sentence
Again and again its skin splits, and a rather different zoea appears.
On the Seashore | R. Cadwallader SmithYou ask about the skipping of the zoea stage in fresh-water decapods: is this an illustration of acceleration?
More Letters of Charles Darwin | Charles DarwinAs an illustration of this metamorphosis, we give figures of the zoea Taurus in two states, viz., Fig.
The Ocean World: | Louis FiguierWith crowds of its brothers and sisters, the zoea kicks about on the surface of the sea.
On the Seashore | R. Cadwallader SmithThe maggot is the larva of the fly, and the zoea is the larva of the Crab.
On the Seashore | R. Cadwallader Smith
British Dictionary definitions for zoea
zoaea
/ (zəʊˈiːə) /
the free-swimming larva of a crab or related crustacean, which has well-developed abdominal appendages and may bear one or more spines
Origin of zoea
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