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tunicate


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tunicate  \Tu"ni*cate\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  One  of  the  Tunicata. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tunicate 
  n  :  primitive  marine  animal  having  a  saclike  unsegmented  body 
  and  a  urochord  (a  notochord)  conspicuous  in  the  larva 
  [syn:  {urochordate},  {urochord}] 




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