1.
[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.
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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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tunicate \Tu"ni*cate\, pr. n. (Zool.)
One of the Tunicata.
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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]