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zoeae

zoeae

See also: zoëae

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, formed as a genitive singular of Zoe, after the wife of French naturalist René Lesson

Noun

zoeae

  1. Used a specific epithet; Zoe's.
  2. A larval form of certain crustaceans having a spiny carpace and rudimentary limbs on the abdomen and thorax; i.e. a crab.

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English

Noun

zoeae

  1. plural of zoea