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Webster 1913 Edition

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(Zool.)

A larval crustacean in a stage following the nauplius, and having about seven pairs of appendages.

metanauplius ‎(plural metanauplii)

(zoology) A larval crustacean in a stage following the nauplius, having about seven pairs of appendages.