adjective
- relating to or characteristic of a nauplius larva
Usage: zoological
Examples
- The nauplial stage is the first larval form of many crustaceans.
- Scientists studied the nauplial development in copepods.
- The nauplial eye is a simple photoreceptive organ.
- Nauplial characteristics include three pairs of appendages.
- The researcher examined nauplial morphology under the microscope.