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