zoeform

English

Etymology

zoea +‎ -form

Adjective

zoeform (comparative more zoeform, superlative most zoeform)

1. (zoology) Resembling a zoaea.
   • 1835, Magazine of Natural History, volume 8, page 483:

     How far the young lobster is zoeform, may be seen on a comparison of it with the figure of the Zoe, p.275.

   • 1874, Harrison Allen, Outlines of Comparative Anatomy and Medical Zoology, page 131:

     Crustacea.—Embryos are often dissimilar from the adult form. The most conspicuous of these is the larva (Zoe) of the Decapoda, and the active zoeform young of Cirripedia (barnacles) and Lernæacea (lerneans).