tunicate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva
    urochordate; urochord.

WordNet

Tu"ni*cate, Tu"ni*ca`ted adjective (Also<
  • Tunicate
  • Tunicated
)
Etymology
L. tunicatus, p. p. of tunicare to clothe with a tunic, fr. tunica a tunic.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) Covered with a tunic; covered or coated with layers; as, a tunicated bulb.
  2. (Zoöl.) (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 antennæ of insects.
Tu"ni*cate noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) One of the Tunicata.

Webster 1913