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Definition of Leptocephali
1. leptocephalus [n] - See also: leptocephalus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leptocephali
Literary usage of Leptocephali
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Guide to the Gallery of Fishes in the Department of Zoology of the British by William George Ridewood (1908)
"... or leptocephali of the Common Eel have been caught by nets in the Atlantic
Ocean, our earlier knowledge of them was based mainly upon specimens found in ..."
2. The Life-histories of the British Marine Food-fishes by William Carmichael M'Intosh, Arthur Thomas Masterman (1897)
"Two young leptocephali were captured in February, and one of these was kept in
confinement till September. The earliest changes commenced in May and ..."
3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1897)
"They are in a position in which they are observed in many other leptocephali,
which are destined to transform themselves into adult forms having the ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The chief peculiarities of leptocephali, in addition to the ... and successful
researches into the development of the leptocephali at Catania, in Sicily. ..."
5. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1870)
"... are certainly merely a more advanced stage of the true leptocephali. The snout
is a little more elongate, much resembling that of an adult Conger; ..."
6. Sea Fishing by John Bickerdyke, William Senior, Alfred Harmsworth Northcliffe, Henry William Gore Booth (1895)
"There are certain small creatures living in the sea called by naturalists
leptocephali, the variety found in British waters being leptocephali Morrisii. ..."
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