HyperDic: leptocephalus

English > 1 sense of the word leptocephalus:
NOUNanimalleptocephalusslender transparent larva of eels and certain fishes
English > leptocephalus: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningslender transparent larva of eels and certain fishes.
Member ofTeleostei, subclass Teleosteilarge diverse group of bony fishes
BroaderlarvaThe immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose

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