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lep·to·ceph·a·lus

(lĕp′tə-sĕf′ə-ləs)

n. pl. lep·to·ceph·a·li (-lī′)

The small, laterally compressed, transparent larva of an eel or of any of certain related fishes, such as a tarpon.

[New Latin : lepto- + cephalus, head (from Greek -kephalos, -headed); see -cephalous.]

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leptocephalus

(ˌlɛptəʊˈsɛfələs)

n, pl -li (-ˌlaɪ)

(Animals) the slender transparent oceanic larva of eels of the genus Anguilla that migrates from its hatching ground in the Caribbean to European freshwater habitats

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lep•to•ceph•a•lus

(ˌlɛp təˈsɛf ə ləs)

n., pl. -li (-ˌlaɪ)

a ribbony, transparent fish larva of warm seas, esp. that of eels.

[1760–70; < New Latin; see lepto-, -cephalous]

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Noun 1. [画像:leptocephalus - slender transparent larva of eels and certain fishes]leptocephalus - slender transparent larva of eels and certain fishes

larva - the 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

subclass Teleostei, Teleostei - large diverse group of bony fishes; includes most living species

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