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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]