• (n.) A genus of small free-swimming Tunicata, shaped somewhat like a tadpole, and remarkable for resemblances to the larvae of other Tunicata. It is the type of the order Copelata or Larvalia. See Illustration in Appendix. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/appendicularia/
Ap`pen·dic`u·la'ri·a noun [ New Latin ] (Zoology) A genus of small free-swimming Tunicata, shaped somewhat like a tadpole, and remarkable for resemblances to the larvæ of other Tunicata. It is the type of the order Copelata or Larvalia. See Illustration in Appendix. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/107