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Etymology of the English word leptocephalus

the English word leptocephalus
derived from the Latin word leptocephalus
derived from the Late Greek word kephale, κεφαλή (head; the head (as the part most readily taken hold of), literally or figuratively)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ghebh-el-
derived from the Greek word leptos, λεπτός, ληπτός (thin)
derived from the Greek word lepein, λέπω

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