Usually means: Larval form of crustaceans, swimming.
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  1. nauplii: Merriam-Webster
  2. nauplii: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nauplii: Collins English Dictionary
  4. nauplii: Wiktionary
  5. Nauplii, nauplii: Dictionary.com
  6. Nauplii: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. Nauplii: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. nauplii: FreeDictionary.org
  9. nauplii: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. nauplii: Encyclopedia

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  1. Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Fishkeeping glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See nauplius as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Nauplius)

noun:  (zoology) A crustacean larva that has three pairs of locomotive organs (corresponding to antennules, antennae, and mandibles), a median eye, and little or no segmentation of the body.
noun:  (Greek mythology) A son of the god Poseidon by Amymone, daughter of Danaus, and founder of the city of Nauplia.
noun:  (Greek mythology) A descendant of the founder of Nauplia who ruled the city (alternatively, Euboea), was one of the Argonauts, and was father to Palamedes, who fought in the Trojan War.
▸ Also see nauplius


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