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WordNet Dictionary |
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[n] free-swimming tadpole-shaped pelagic tunicate resembling larvae of other tunicates |
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APPENDICULARIA is a 14 letter word that starts with A. |
| | See Also: | | genus Appendicularia, tunicate, urochord, urochordate |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ap`pen*dic`u*la"ri*a\, n. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of small free-swimming Tunicata, shaped somewhat like
a tadpole, and remarkable for resemblances to the larv[ae] of
other Tunicata. It is the type of the order Copelata or
Larvalia. See Illustration in Appendix.
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