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The flat, transparent larva of an eel, originally thought to be a distinct species..
There they spawn, and from the fertilized eggs emerge the leptocephali, which then ride on currents all the way back to Europe.
Use leptocephalus when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Leptocephalus means The flat, transparent larva of an eel, originally thought to be a distinct species..
Common synonyms include glass eel.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
There they spawn, and from the fertilized eggs emerge the leptocephali, which then ride on currents all the way back to Europe.
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