leptocephalus

lep·to·ceph·a·lus

L0126200 (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.]

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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(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

leptocephalus - slender transparent larva of eels and certain fisheslarva - 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 metamorphosesubclass Teleostei, Teleostei - large diverse group of bony fishes; includes most living species

leptocephalus

[lep″to-sef´ah-lus] a person with an abnormally tall, narrow skull.

leptocephalus

Medspeak
(1) A rarely used term for a person with a narrow cranium;
(2) A rarely used term for a person with an abnormally small skull (rarely used and etymologically incorrect); e.g., microcephalus.
Zoology
The flat and transparent larva of eels, and other members of the superorder Elopomorpha.

leptocephalus

the transparent oceanic larva of eels of the genus Anguilla, that crosses the Atlantic and becomes adult in freshwater on the European continent.

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noun slender transparent larva of eels and certain fishes

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