Dictionarynau•pli•usPronunciation: (nô'plē-us), [key] —n., —pl. -pli•iPronunciation: (-plē-ī"). [key] (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. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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