Tunicate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various chordate marine animals of the subphylum Tunicata or Urochordata having a cylindrical or globular body enclosed in a tough outer covering and including the sea squirts and salps.
  • adj. Of or relating to the tunicates.
  • adj. Anatomy Having a tunic.
  • adj. Botany Having a tunic, as the bulb of an onion.
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  • n. Any of very many chordate marine animals, of the subphylum Tunicata or Urochordata, including the sea squirts.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to these animals.
  • adj. Enclosed in a tunic or mantle; covered or coated with layers.
  • adj. Having each joint buried in the preceding funnel-shaped one, as in certain antennae of insects.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Covered with a tunic; covered or coated with layers.
  • adj.
  • adj. Having a tunic, or mantle; of or pertaining to the Tunicata.
  • adj. Having each joint buried in the preceding funnel-shaped one, as in certain antennæ of insects.
  • proper-noun. One of the Tunicata.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In zoology, coated; covered with tunics or integuments; specifically, enveloped in membranous integuments or tunics, as an ascidian; of or pertaining to the Tunicata; tunicated.
  • In entomology, covered one by another, like a set of thimbles, as the joints of some antennæ.
  • In botany, covered with a tunic or membrane; coated.
  • n. A tunic.
  • n. An ascidian, tunicary, or sea-squirt; any member of the Tunicata.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva
    • Equivalent
    tunicated   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    chordate   
    Cross Reference
    tunicate joints    tunicate club   
    Hyponym
    larvacean    doliolum    salpa    ascidian    salp   
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