- appendicularian
- I. \\| ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ēən\ adjective
Etymology: New Latin Appendicularia (II) + English -an: of or relating to the LarvaceaII. noun (-s): a tunicate of the order Larvacea
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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appendicularian — ap·pen·dic·u·lar·i·an … English syllables
Larvacea — Taxobox name = Appendicularia regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata subphylum = Urochordata classis = Appendicularia subdivision ranks = Families subdivision = Fritillariidae Kowalevskiidae OikopleuridaeThe Appendicularia, Larvaceans or KiK are a… … Wikipedia
Tunicate — Temporal range: Cambrian stage 3–Recent … Wikipedia
Vetulicola — Taxobox name = Vetulicola fossil range = Cambrian image caption = Vetulicola cuneata regnum = Animalia superphylum = Deuterostomia phylum = Vetulicolia phylum authority = Shu, et al. 2001 familia = Vetulicolidae genus = Vetulicola subdivision… … Wikipedia
tunicate — /tooh ni kit, kayt , tyooh /, n. 1. Zool. any sessile marine chordate of the subphylum Tunicata (Urochordata), having a saclike body enclosed in a thick membrane or tunic and two openings or siphons for the ingress and egress of water. adj. Also … Universalium
larvacean — ▪ tunicate also called appendicularian any member of a group of transparent tunicates belonging to the class Appendicularia (subphylum Tunicata, phylum Chordata) that live in the open sea. The larvacean s tadpolelike body is made up of a… … Universalium
