'Tunicate' definitions:
Definition of 'tunicate'
(from WordNet)
noun
Primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva [syn: tunicate, urochordate, urochord]
Definition of 'Tunicate'
From: GCIDE
- Tunicate \Tu"ni*cate\, pr. n. (Zool.) One of the Tunicata. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Tunicate'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]