Definition of Appendicularia
:a genus of small free-swimming pelagic tunicates shaped somewhat like a tadpole and remarkable for resemblances to the larvae of other tunicates
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Origin and Etymology of appendicularia
New Latin, from Latin appendicula appendicle + New Latin -aria
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Origin and Etymology of appendicularia
New Latin, from Latin appendicula + New Latin -aria, -ariae
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