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tunica albuginea testes |
tunica conjunctiva bulbi |
tunica conjunctiva palpebrarum |
tunicary |
tunicata |
tunicate
| tunicated
| tunicin
| tunicle
| tuning
| tuning fork
tunicate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun tunicate has 1 sense
- tunicate(n = noun.animal) urochord, urochordate - primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva; Array is a kind of chordate
is a member of subphylum tunicata, subphylum urochorda, subphylum urochordata, tunicata, urochorda, urochordata
has particulars: ascidian, salp, salpa, doliolum, larvacean, appendicularia
CIDE DICTIONARY
tunicate, a. [L. tunicatus, p. p. of tunicare to clothe with a tunic, fr. tunica a tunic.].
- Covered with a tunic; covered or coated with layers; as, a tunicated bulb. [1913 Webster]
- Having a tunic, or mantle; of or pertaining to the Tunicata. [1913 Webster]
tunicate, pr. n.
One of the Tunicata . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tunicate, n. & adj.
--n. any marine animal of the subphylum Urochordata having a rubbery or hard outer coat, including sea squirts.
--adj.
1 Zool. of or relating to this subphylum.
2 a Zool. enclosed in a tunic. b Bot. having concentric layers.
--n. any marine animal of the subphylum Urochordata having a rubbery or hard outer coat, including sea squirts.
--adj.
1 Zool. of or relating to this subphylum.
2 a Zool. enclosed in a tunic. b Bot. having concentric layers.
Etymology
L tunicatus past part. of tunicare clothe with a tunic (as TUNICA)
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