Tunicate

3 definitions found

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

  Tunicate \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.
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     2. (Zool.)
        (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 antennae of insects.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tunicate \Tu"ni*cate\, pr. n. (Zool.)
     One of the Tunicata.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tunicate
       n : primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body
           and a urochord (a notochord) conspicuous in the larva
           [syn: {urochordate}, {urochord}]