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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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