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Oikopleura

noun
Oi·ko·pleu·ra | \ˌȯikəˈplu̇rə\

Definition of Oikopleura 

: a cosmopolitan genus of small tunicates (class Larvacea) with egg-shaped body and long tail

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New Latin, from ec- + -pleura

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