appendicularia Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun free-swimming tadpole-shaped pelagic tunicate resembling larvae of other tunicates

WordNet

Ap`pen*dic`u*la"ri*a noun
Etymology
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Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) 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 Illustration in Appendix.

Webster 1913