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TUNICATE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva
Synonyms:
tunicate; urochord; urochordate
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("tunicate" is a kind of...):
chordate (any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tunicate"):
ascidian (minute sedentary marine invertebrate having a saclike body with siphons through which water enters and leaves)
salp; salpa (minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end)
doliolum (free-swimming oceanic tunicate with a barrel-shaped transparent body)
larvacean (any member of the class Larvacea)
appendicularia (free-swimming tadpole-shaped pelagic tunicate resembling larvae of other tunicates)
Holonyms ("tunicate" is a member of...):
subphylum Tunicata; subphylum Urochorda; subphylum Urochordata; Tunicata; Urochorda; Urochordata (tunicates)
