leptocephalus
See also: Leptocephalus
English
editEtymology
editFrom (obsolete) genus name Leptocephalus, equivalent to Ancient Greek λεπτός (leptós, “thin, slim”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).
Noun
editleptocephalus (plural leptocephali)
- The flat, transparent larva of an eel, originally thought to be a distinct species.
- 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 69:
- There they spawn, and from the fertilized eggs emerge the leptocephali, which then ride on currents all the way back to Europe.
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editlarva of an eel — see glass eel