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Definition of Ascidian
1. Noun. Minute sedentary marine invertebrate having a saclike body with siphons through which water enters and leaves.
Group relationships: Ascidiaceae, Class Ascidiaceae
Specialized synonyms: Sea Squirt
Definition of Ascidian
1. n. One of the Ascidioidea, or in a more general sense, one of the Tunicata. Also as an
Definition of Ascidian
1. Noun. Any member of the class ''Ascidiacea'' (the sea squirts) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ascidian
1. a small marine animal [n -S]
Medical Definition of Ascidian
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ascidian
Literary usage of Ascidian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Evolution of man v. 2 by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1897)
"The Ontogeny of the ascidian is, at first, identical with that of the ...
The ascidian attaches itself firmly, and envelopes itself in its Cellulose Tunic. ..."
2. Amphioxus and the Ancestry of the Vertebrates by Arthur Willey (1894)
"Again, the vascular system of an ascidian is only functionally comparable ...
Comparison between an ascidian and Amphioxus. Having sketched in rough outline ..."
3. Habit and Intelligence: A Series of Essays on the Laws of Life and Mind by Joseph John Murphy, ( (1879)
"An ascidian which does not undergo Metamorphosis.—It is no argument against the
kinship between ascidians and Vertebrates, that Molgula tubulosa, ..."
4. The Evolution of Man: A Popular Exposition of the Principal Points of Human by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1903)
"Larva of the ascidian swimming freely. Between the medullary tube (m) and the
intestinal tube (d) the ... Transverse section through a larval ascidian (Fig. ..."
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