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Webster 1913 Edition


Larvalia


Lar-va′li-a

,
p
rop.
Noun.
pl.
[NL. See
Larval
.]
(Zool.)
An order of
Tunicata
, including
Appendicularia
, and allied genera; – so called because certain larval features are retained by them through life. Called also
Copelata
. See
Appendicularia
.