zoeahttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zoea_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezoea, n.
First published 1921; not fully revised

zoeanoun

Zoology.
  1. 1828–
    † a. (An animal of) a supposed genus of crustaceans, founded on certain larval forms mistaken for adults. Obsolete. b. A larval stage of development in crustaceans, esp. decapods, usually characterized by one or more spines on the carapace, and rudimentary thoracic and abdominal limbs.
    1. 1828
      The fifth or terminal joint formed as in all the genuine Zoeas, of a deep fork, the inner sides of which are furnished with three small spines.
      J. V. Thompson, Zool. Research vol. I. i. 5
    2. 1828
      On the 1st of May of the present year, (1827,) another large Zoea was taken.
      J. V. Thompson, Zool. Research vol. I. i. 9
    3. 1828
      The French have adopted the term Zoe for these animals, which, as more simple, and better suited to the genius of our own language than the Latin, may be used in familiar discourse without any impropriety.
      J. V. Thompson, Zool. Research vol. I. i. 11 (note)
    4. 1828
      The Zoe or Larva of the common or edible Crab.
      J. V. Thompson, Zool. Research vol. I. i. 63
    5. 1835
      If..these latter Zoes are to be regarded as the larvæ of Crabs, they must be considered as having acquired the maximum of their Zoe form.
      Westwood in Philosophical Transactions (Royal Society) vol. 125 324
    6. 1877
      In most Podophthalmia the embryo leaves the egg, not as a Nauplius, but as a Zoœa, which has thoracic, but no abdominal, appendages.
      T. H. Huxley, Manual of Anatomy of Invertebrated Animals vi. 303
    7. 1888
      In the larval form [of the crayfish] known as Zoaea, the first Zoaea-stage has no palp to the mandible.
      G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson, Forms of Animal Life (ed. 2) 169

zoea, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.

zoea, n. was last modified in December 2024.