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Definition of Tunicate
1. Noun. Primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva.
Generic synonyms: Chordate
Group relationships: Subphylum Tunicata, Subphylum Urochorda, Subphylum Urochordata, Tunicata, Urochorda, Urochordata
Specialized synonyms: Ascidian, Salp, Salpa, Doliolum, Larvacean, Appendicularia
Definition of Tunicate
1. a. Covered with a tunic; covered or coated with layers; as, a tunicated bulb.
2. n. One of the Tunicata.
Definition of Tunicate
1. Noun. Any of very many chordate marine animals, of the subphylum ''Tunicata'' or ''Urochordata'', including the sea squirts ¹
2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to these animals. ¹
3. Adjective. (anatomy) (botany) Enclosed in a tunic ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tunicate
1. a small marine animal [n -S]
Medical Definition of Tunicate
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tunicate
Literary usage of Tunicate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Amphioxus and the Ancestry of the Vertebrates by Arthur Willey (1894)
"Comparison of tunicate Eye with the Pineal Eye. The tunicate eye, however, differs
essentially from the paired eyes of the craniate Vertebrates in that the ..."
2. Organic Evolution by Richard Swann Lull (1917)
"Hence, while the adult tunicate shows certain Amphioxus-like characteristics, it
is the larva in which these are particularly emphasized, for in this stage ..."
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