Zoea Definition

zō-ēə
zoeae, zoeas
noun
An early, free-swimming larval stage of various decapod crustaceans, characterized by long, curved anterior and dorsal spines on the carapace.
Webster's New World

Alternative spelling of zoaea.

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Noun

Singular:
zoea
Plural:
zoeae, zoeas

Origin of Zoea

  • New Latin from Greek zōē life azo–

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Zoea Sentence Examples

  • Planktonic Stages The first planktonic stages are called zoea.

  • Most species develop through planktonic zoea and other larval stages, but some with direct development.

  • Besides the nauplius and the zoea there are many other types of Crustacean larvae, distinguished by special names, though, as their occurrence is restricted within the limits of the smaller systematic groups, they are of less general interest.

  • The various larval forms, especially the nauplius and zoea, were supposed to reproduce, more or less closely, the actual structure of ancestral types.

  • So far as the zoea was concerned, this assumption was soon shown to be erroneous, and the secondary nature of this type of larva is now generally admitted.

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