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zoea

/zoh-ee-uh/US // zoʊˈi ə //UK // (zəʊˈiːə) //

藻类,玉米

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural zo·e·ae [zoh-ee-ee], /zoʊˈi i/, zo·e·as.Zoology.

    • : any of the free-swimming larva of certain crustaceans, as the crab, having rudimentary legs and a spiny carapace.

Examples

  • Again and again its skin splits, and a rather different zoea appears.

  • You ask about the skipping of the Zoea stage in fresh-water decapods: is this an illustration of acceleration?

  • As an illustration of this metamorphosis, we give figures of the Zoea Taurus in two states, viz., Fig.

  • With crowds of its brothers and sisters, the zoea kicks about on the surface of the sea.

  • The maggot is the larva of the fly, and the zoea is the larva of the Crab.