tunicate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: tunicate	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for tunicate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tunicate n primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva Synonym(s): tunicate, urochordate, urochord
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tunicate \Tu"nicate\, Tunicated \Tu"nica`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. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (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 antenn[91] of insects.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tunicate \Tu"ni*cate\, n. (Zo[94]l.) One of the Tunicata.