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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva;
[syn: tunicate, urochordate, urochord]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) (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 antennae of insects. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tunicate \Tu"ni*cate\, pr. n. (Zool.) One of the Tunicata. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

tunicate n 1: primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva [syn: tunicate, urochordate, urochord]