Meaning Of The Word Ascidian

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ascidian in American English
any of a class (Ascidiacea) of fixed tunicates; sea squirt
adjective: belonging or pertaining to the class Ascidiacea
noun: any solitary or colonial tunicate of the class Ascidiacea, exhibiting in the larval stage the vertebrate characteristics of a notocord and hollow nerve cord

ascidian in British English
noun: any minute marine invertebrate animal of the class Ascidiacea, such as the sea squirt, the adults of which are degenerate and sedentary: subphylum Tunicata (tunicates)

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