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PRONUNCIATION OF LEPTOCEPHALI

leptocephali  [ˌlɛptəʊˈsɛfəˌlaɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LEPTOCEPHALI

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Leptocephali is a noun.
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WHAT DOES LEPTOCEPHALI MEAN IN ENGLISH?

leptocephali

Leptocephalus

A leptocephalus is the flat and transparent larva of the eel, marine eels, and other members of the Superorder Elopomorpha. This is one of the most diverse groups of teleosts, containing 801 species over the span of 24 orders, 24 families, and 156 genera. It is supposed that this group arose in the Cretaceous period over 140 million years ago. Fishes with a leptocephalus larva stage include the most familiar eels such as the conger, moray eel, and garden eel, and the freshwater eels of the family Anguillidae, plus more than 10 other families of lesser-known types of marine eels. These are all true eels of the order Anguilliformes. The fishes of the other four traditional orders of elopomorph fishes that have this type of larva are more diverse in their body forms and include the tarpon, bonefish, spiny eel, and pelican eel.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LEPTOCEPHALI


alkali
ˈælkəˌlaɪ
antalkali
æntˈælkəˌlaɪ
calculi
ˈkælkjʊˌlaɪ
caroli
ˈkærəˌlaɪ
cumuli
ˈkjuːmjəˌlaɪ
funiculi
fjuːˈnɪkjʊˌlaɪ
glomeruli
ɡlɒˈmɛrʊˌlaɪ
homunculi
hɒˈmʌŋkjʊˌlaɪ
lazuli
ˈlæzjʊˌlaɪ
Lorelei
ˈlɒrəˌlaɪ
malleoli
məˈliːəˌlaɪ
moduli
ˈmɒdjʊˌlaɪ
Naphtali
ˈnæftəˌlaɪ
necropoli
neˈkrɒpəˌlaɪ
oboli
ˈɒbəˌlaɪ
ovoli
ˈəʊvəˌlaɪ
rasmalai
ˈrɑːsməˌlaɪ
reguli
ˈrɛɡjʊˌlaɪ
Reticuli
rɪˈtɪkjʊˌlaɪ
ventriculi
vɛnˈtrɪkjʊˌlaɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LEPTOCEPHALI

leptin
leptocephalic
leptocephalous
leptocephalus
leptocercal
leptodactyl
leptodactylous
leptokurtic
leptome
lepton
lepton number
leptonic
leptophos
leptophyllous
leptorrhine
leptosomatic
leptosome
leptosomic
leptospiral
leptospire

WORDS THAT END LIKE LEPTOCEPHALI

Bali
Bengali
Cali
Dali
Denali
Diwali
Ghazali
Gurkhali
kali
Kigali
Mali
Mexicali
Nepali
Pali
Rub` al Khali
Somali
tali
thali
vali
wali

Synonyms and antonyms of leptocephali in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «leptocephali» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

柳叶状幼体
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

leptocéfalos
570 millions of speakers

English

leptocephali
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

leptocephali
380 millions of speakers
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leptocephali
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leptocephali
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leptocephali
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leptocephali
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leptocéphale
220 millions of speakers

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Leptocephali
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Translator English - German

leptocephali
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

leptocephalusの複数形
130 millions of speakers

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leptocephali
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Leptocephali
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Translator English - Vietnamese

leptocephali
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Translator English - Tamil

leptocephali
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लेपटोसेफली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

leptocephali
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

leptocefali
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

leptocephali
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

leptocephali
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

leptocephali
30 millions of speakers
el

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leptocephali
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

leptocephali
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

leptocephali
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

leptocephali
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of leptocephali

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LEPTOCEPHALI»

The term «leptocephali» is used very little and occupies the 187.505 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LEPTOCEPHALI» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about leptocephali

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEPTOCEPHALI»

Discover the use of leptocephali in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to leptocephali and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Freshwater Fishes of North-Eastern Australia
Larvae were around 2.5 mm at hatching and grew to about 5.3 mm after five days but larvae did not survive beyond this point [819]. Leptocephali larvae are very rarely collected in the ocean, but several Indo-Pacific eel species have been ...
Brad Pusey, Mark Kennard, Angela Arthington, 2004
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Biology and Management of the World Tarpon and Bonefish ...
Diurnal vertical migrations, however, have been observed in eel leptocephali, with captures reported at depths of 100–600 m during the daytime,27–30 and thus the possibility that pelagic bonefish leptocephali undergo vertical migrations  ...
Jerald S. Ault, 2007
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Marine Ecological Processes: A derivative of the ...
Figure 1 Catadromous life cycle of a temperate species of Anguilla, exemplified here by the American eel, A. rostrata. Small leptocephali of the Japanese eel have been collected in July in a salinity frontal zone at the northern edge of the North ...
John H. Steele, Steve A. Thorpe, Karl K. Turekian, 2010
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Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota: Biodiversity
Order Elopiformes: families Elopidae. Megalopidae, and Albulidae: Leptocephali. Pp. 961-972 in E. B. Bohlke et al., eds. Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Part 9. Leptocephali. Sears Foundation for Marine Research, Memoir 1, New Haven, ...
Darryl L. Felder, 2009
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Metamorphosis in Fish
Hatched larvae, termed preleptocephali, develop into leptocephali shortly after the initiation of feeding. Leptocephali grow in the ocean and drift in the ocean currents for periods of several months to more than a year. Fully-grown leptocephali ...
Sylvie Dufour, Karine Rousseau, B. G. Kapoor, 2012
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Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Vol. 1: Myxiniformes to ...
Family Synaphobranchi- dae: Leptocephali. In: FWNA 9(2): 682- 698. Smith, D. G. 19891. Family Moringuidae: Leptocephali. In: FWNA 9(2): 699-703. Smith, D. G. 1989j. Family Nettastomatidae: Leptocephali. In: FWNA 9(2): 704-722. Smith ...
John D. McEachran, 1998
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Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Vol. 1: Myxiniformes to ...
Family Synaphobranchidae: Leptocephali. In: FWNA 9(2): 682-698. Smith, D. G. 1989i. Family Moringuidae: Leptocephali. In: FWNA 9(2): 699— Smith, D. G. 1989j. Family Nettastomatidae: Leptocephali. In: FWNA 9(2): 704-722. Smith, D. G. ...
John McEachran, Janice D. Fechhelm, 2013
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Issues in Life Sciences: Aquatic and Marine Life: 2011 Edition
(2010 AUG 17) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Beaufort: Feeding on protists and particulates by the leptocephali of the worm eels Myrophis spp. (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), and the potential energy  ...
‎2012
9
Issues in Ecosystem Ecology: 2012 Edition
Fisheries Research Cemagref, Cestas: An otolith microchemistry study of possible relationships between the origins of leptocephali of European eels in the Sargasso Sea and the continental destinations and relative migration success of glass ...
‎2013
10
Advances in Marine Biology APL
SCHMIDT's COLLECTIONS 0F Anguilla Leptocephali Tucker (1959a, p. 499) gives the following statement: " In fairness to Schmidt, it must be said that he lacked much of the information now available and that his terms of reference from his ...
Frederick Stratten Russell, 1962

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEPTOCEPHALI»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term leptocephali is used in the context of the following news items.
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Press release: New eel passes installed on the Bedford Ouse
Juvenile eels (Leptocephali) start their fantastic journey in the deep waters near the Bermuda triangle, travelling into Europe, with some coming ... «Military Technologies, Jun 15»
2
Slippery customers at Teesside Gas Plant
Here, they will spawn and the Larvae – or Leptocephali – will drift back on a 300 day migration to the European coast. As they near Europe, ... «Bdaily, Jun 15»
3
Eels of Glass
The leptocephali drift with the currents towards North America, a journey that takes approximately 2 years. The young eels continue to develop ... «The News, May 15»
4
German Research Vessel Docks In St George's
“Special focus will be given to the early life history stages [eggs and leptocephali] of the two Atlantic freshwater eel species of the genus ... «Bernews, Mar 15»
5
Silver kings are a Florida Keys treasure
Tarpon eggs hatch into larvae called leptocephali, transparent, ribbon like creatures with fanglike teeth. The larva drift toward the shore, ... «Florida Keys Keynoter, Jan 15»
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Off Nonsuch, 1934
An anglerfish, quick, by the window. I only caught a glimpse. There's a pair of leptocephali- large, twisting like willow leaves… Mr. Beebe, –. «The Literateur, Dec 14»
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The Giant Transparent Ribbons of Eel Larvae
For some reason, eel larvae -- also called leptocephali -- grow much larger than other fish larvae before metamorphosing into an adult. But the ... «Scientific American, Dec 14»
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Fishing for Juvenile Tarpon
In fact, tarpon larvae (leptocephali) look more like the ancient eels to which ancestral tarpon are actually related. The most striking difference, ... «Florida Sportsman Magazine, May 14»
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The case of the slippery eel
After hatching, the larval eels are called “leptocephali,” which means “slim head” in Latin. Not only do they have small heads, their leaf-like ... «Louisiana Sportsman, Jan 14»
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The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus
Keeping the larva (called leptocephali) alive until they metamorphose ... Light-wary leptocephali are kept in darkened rooms; when the paste is ... «Japan Focus, Nov 13»

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