doliolum

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doliolum - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Doliolum \Do*li"o*lum\, n. [L. doliolum a small cask.] (Zool.)
     A genus of freeswimming oceanic tunicates, allied to Salpa,
     and having alternate generations.
     [1913 Webster]

doliolum - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  doliolum
      n 1: free-swimming oceanic tunicate with a barrel-shaped
           transparent body