Thaliacea

plural noun

Tha·​li·​a·​cea

ˌthālēˈāshēə

: a class of tunicates consisting of various aberrant free-swimming pelagic forms (as of the genera Salpa and Doliolum)

thaliacean

¦⸗⸗¦āshən

noun or adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Thalia + -acea

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