Translingual

Nauplius sericeus

Proper noun

Nauplius m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cyclopidae – certain crustaceans, sometimes placed within Cyclops.
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – certain flowering plants, sometimes included in Asteriscus.

Hypernyms

• (genus in Asteraceae): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II - clades; Asterales - order; Asteraceae - family

English

A depiction of Nauplius (the younger), ruler of Euboea

Proper noun

Nauplius

1. (Greek mythology) A son of the god Poseidon by Amymone, daughter of Danaus, and founder of the city of Nauplia.
2. (Greek mythology) A descendant of the founder of Nauplia who ruled the city (alternatively, Euboea), was one of the Argonauts, and was father to Palamedes, who fought in the Trojan War.
   • 2003, Giovanni Boccaccio, Virginia Brown (translator), Famous Women, page 81,

     But according to Lycophron, the last of the Greek poets, Penelope committed adultery with one of the suitors at the persuasion of the aged Nauplius, who avenged the death of his son Palamedes by enticing almost all the wives of the Greeks into prostitution.

   • 2013, Isabelle Torrance, Metapoetry in Euripides, page 145,

     A scene from Aristophanes' Women at the Thesmophoria (765-84) preserves a parody of the event which featured Palamedes' brother Oeax writing a message on oars in the hope that one will reach his father Nauplius with news of the betrayal and murder.

Usage notes

Some writers treat the two as one (very long-lived) person.

English

A shrimp nauplius

Noun

nauplius ‎(plural nauplii)

1. A crustacean larva that has three pairs of locomotive organs (corresponding to antennules, antennae, and mandibles), a median eye, and little or no segmentation of the body.
   • 2001, Naureen A. Qureshi, Nancy N. Rabalais, 4: Distribution of Zooplankton on a Seasonally Hypoxic Continental Shelf, Nancy N. Rabalais, R. Eugene Turner (editors), Coastal Hypoxia: Consequences for Living Resources and Ecosystems, page 72,

     The copepod nauplii concentrations were significantly different among stations and by depth (Appendices 3 and 4).

   • 2003, Donald I. Williamson, The Origins of Larvae, page 172,

     I suggest that several species of nauplioids hybridized with representatives of several groups of arthropods to give them nauplius larvae.

   • 2007, Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN, Improving Penaeus monodon hatchery practices: Manual based on experience in India, FAO Fisheries Technical Paper 446, page 47,

     Only nauplii that are attracted to the light at the top of the hatching tank should be collected, since these are the healthy ones.

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