Larvalia

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Larvalia \Lar*va"li*a\, prop. n. 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}.
     [1913 Webster]