appendicularia

Definitions of appendicularia
  1. noun
    free-swimming tadpole-shaped pelagic tunicate resembling larvae of other tunicates
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    type of:
    tunicate, urochord, urochordate
    primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva
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