Definition of "nauplii" [nauplii]

• Plural form of nauplius. (noun)

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• "Conchostracans hatch from resting eggs as nauplii and don't develop a carapace until their third naupliar stage."
• "For a map of the distribution and abundance of the copepod nauplii in 1982 and in 1984, see Ellertsen et al, 1990, p. 28."
• "All the larvae, all the little nauplii and tornarias, all the microscopic things, the jelly-fish."