Tunicate

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(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:58:45

Tu"ni*cate (?), 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.

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.

 

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Tu"ni*cate (?), n. Zool.

One of the Tunicata.

 

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