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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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