Appendicularia

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noun

Ap·​pen·​dic·​u·​lar·​ia

: a genus of small free-swimming pelagic tunicates shaped somewhat like a tadpole and remarkable for resemblances to the larvae of other tunicates

Appendicularia

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"

variants or appendiculariae

-rēˌē

taxonomic synonym of larvacea

Word History

Etymology

Noun

New Latin, from Latin appendicula appendicle + New Latin -aria

New Latin, from Latin appendicula + New Latin -aria, -ariae

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