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Webster 1913 Edition


Appendicularia

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Apˊpen-dicˊu-la′ri-a

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Noun.
[NL.]
(Zool.)
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.