Metanauplius

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Metanauplius \Met`a*nau"pli*us\, n. [NL. See {Meta-}, and
     {Nauplius}.] (Zool.)
     A larval crustacean in a stage following the nauplius, and
     having about seven pairs of appendages.
     [1913 Webster]