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ascidian
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| ascidioidea
| ascidiozooid
ascidian
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ascidian has 1 sense
- ascidian(n = noun.animal) Array - minute sedentary marine invertebrate having a saclike body with siphons through which water enters and leaves; Array is a kind of tunicate, urochord, urochordate
is a member of ascidiaceae, class ascidiaceae
has particulars: sea squirt
CIDE DICTIONARY
ascidian, n. [Gr. bladder, pouch.].
One of the Ascidioidea, or in a more general sense, one of the Tunicata. Also as an adj. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ascidian, n. Zool. any tunicate animal of the class Ascidiacea, often found in colonies, the adults sedentary on rocks or seaweeds, e.g. the sea squirt.
Etymology
mod.L Ascidia f. Gk askidion dimin. of askos wineskin
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