Definitions For Nauplius
Noun
NAUPLIUS (plural nauplii or es) (zoology) A crustacean larva that has three pair#noun, pairs of locomotive#adjective, locomotive organs (corresponding to antennules, antennae, and mandibles), a median#adjective, median eye#noun, eye, and little or no segmentation of the body. from mid 19th c.Coordinate terms
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{{col3, en, metanauplius, nauplial, naupliar, naupliiform, nauplioid}}Related terms
NaupliusTranslations
Catalan: nauplius, m Chinese: : Mandarin: 無節幼體}}, {{t, cmn, 无节幼体 (wújiéyòutǐ, lit=unsegmented juvenile body) Italian: nauplio, m Lithuanian: nauplijus Romanian: nauplius, mEtymology
]] {{PIE root, en, (s)neh₂}}{{PIE root, en, plew}} Borrowed from "type of shellfish", from ναῦς, , ship + πλέω, , to sail; compare "mythological founder of the city of Nauplia (nafplio), a son of poseidon and amymone".{{R:OED Online, pos=n, id=125409, date=June 2003, nodot=yes}}; {{R:Lexico}} The plural nauplii is from {{der, en, la, nauplius}} + -iī, pos=plural of -ius.Is Nauplius a Scrabble Word?
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The word Nauplius is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends