Definitions for: Tunicate

[n] primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord (a notochord) conspicuous in the larva

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Tu"ni*cate, n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Tunicata.

Synonyms: urochord, urochordate

See Also: appendicularia, ascidian, chordate, doliolum, larvacean, salp, salpa, subphylum Tunicata, subphylum Urochorda, subphylum Urochordata, Tunicata, Urochorda, Urochordata

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