Nauplius

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

  Nauplius \Nau"pli*us\, n.; pl. {Nauplii}. [L., a kind of
     shellfish, fr. Gr. nay^s ship + ? to sail.] (Zool.)
     A crustacean larva having three pairs of locomotive organs
     (corresponding to the antennules, antennae, and mandibles), a
     median eye, and little or no segmentation of the body.
     [1913 Webster]