English dictionary
appendicularia
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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free-swimming tadpole-shaped pelagic tunicate resembling larvae of other tunicates
Source: WordNet 3.0
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A genus of small free-swimming Tunicata, shaped somewhat like a tadpole, and remarkable for resemblances to the larvæ of other Tunicata. It is the type of the order Copelata or Larvalia. See <i>Illustration</i> in Appendix.
Source: webster1913