Meaning of TUNICATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'toonukit
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| | Definition: | | [n] primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord (a notochord) conspicuous in the larva |
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| | Synonyms: | | urochord, urochordate |
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| | See Also: | | appendicularia, ascidian, chordate, doliolum, larvacean, salp, salpa, subphylum Tunicata, subphylum Urochorda, subphylum Urochordata, Tunicata, Urochorda, Urochordata | |
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\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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