Meaning Of The Word Tunicate
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Tunicate Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Tunicate?
tunicate in American English
of or covered with concentric layers or tunics, as an onion adjective: having a tunic or covering noun: any sessile marine chordate of the subphylum Tunicata (Urochordata), having a saclike body enclosed in a thick membrane or tunic and two openings or siphons for the ingress and egress of water tunicate in British English noun: any minute primitive marine chordate animal of the subphylum Tunicata (or Urochordata, Urochorda). The adults have a saclike unsegmented body enclosed in a cellulose-like outer covering (tunic) and only the larval forms have a notochord: includes the sea |
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