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zooea

/zoʊˈi.ə/

zooea is the alternative spelling of zoëa.

Meaning of zoëa

Noun

zoëa (plural zoëas or zoëae)

  1. A larval stage of certain decapod crustaceans, especially of decapods such as crabs and certain Anomura, also called the copepod stage, characterized by spines on the carapace and rudimentary thoracic and abdominal limbs.

Forms of zooea

pluralzooeas
pluralzooeae

Questions about zooea

What is zooea the alternative spelling of?
Zooea is the alternative spelling of zoëa.
How do you pronounce zooea?
Zooea is pronounced /zoʊˈi.ə/.

Words near zooea in the dictionary

  1. zoodetritus
  2. zoodle
  3. zoodles
  4. zoodynamic
  5. zoodynamics
  6. zooea
  7. zooeae
  8. zooeal
  9. zooeas
  10. zooecia
  11. zooecial

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Adapted from Wiktionary: zooea (page history and authors); zoëa (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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