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Tunicate

Tunicate Meaning & Definition
Tunicate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Tunicate?

[n] primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord (a notochord) conspicuous in the larva

Synonyms | Synonyms for Tunicate: urochord | urochordate

Related Terms | Find terms related to Tunicate:

See Also | appendicularia | ascidian | chordate | doliolum | larvacean | salp | salpa | subphylum Tunicata | subphylum Urochorda | subphylum Urochordata | Tunicata | Urochorda | Urochordata

Tunicate In Webster's Dictionary

\Tu"ni*cate\, Tunicated \Tu"ni*ca`ted\, a. [L. tunicatus, p. p. of tunicare to clothe with a tunic, fr. tunica a tunic.] 1. (Bot.) Covered with a tunic; covered or coated with layers; as, a tunicated bulb. 2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Having a tunic, or mantle; of or pertaining to the Tunicata. (b) Having each joint buried in the preceding funnel-shaped one, as in certain antenn[ae] of insects.
\Tu"ni*cate\, n. (Zo["o]l.) One of the Tunicata.

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