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adj
Of or pertaining to Tunicata or Urochordata.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Enclosed in a tunic or mantle; covered or coated with layers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: anatomy, biology, botany, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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adj
Having each joint buried in the preceding funnel-shaped one, as in certain antennae of insects.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
Any of very many chordate marine animals, of the subphyla Tunicata or Urochordata, including the sea squirts.
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noun
primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: urochordate, urochord
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chordate
Narrower terms: ascidian, salp, salpa, doliolum, larvacean, appendicularia
History
Rebracketing of tunicate on the basis of -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Borrowed from Latin tunicātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
From translingual Tunicata + -ate (noun-forming suffix). Further from Latin tunicātus, perfect passive participle of tunicō (“to clothe with a tunic”).
Across languages
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