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tunicate

tu·ni·cate
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [too-ni-kit, -keyt, tyoo-]
    • /ˈtu nɪ kɪt, -ˌkeɪt, ˈtyu-/
    • /ˈtuː.nɪkət/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [too-ni-kit, -keyt, tyoo-]
    • /ˈtu nɪ kɪt, -ˌkeɪt, ˈtyu-/

Definitions of tunicate word

  • noun tunicate Zoology. any sessile marine chordate of the subphylum Tunicata (Urochordata), having a saclike body enclosed in a thick membrane or tunic and two openings or siphons for the ingress and egress of water. 1
  • adjective tunicate (especially of the Tunicata) having a tunic or covering. 1
  • adjective tunicate of or relating to the tunicates. 1
  • adjective tunicate Botany. having or consisting of a series of concentric layers, as a bulb. 1
  • noun tunicate any minute primitive marine chordate animal of the subphylum Tunicata (or Urochordata, Urochorda). The adults have a saclike unsegmented body enclosed in a cellulose-like outer covering (tunic) and only the larval forms have a notochord: includes the sea squirts 0
  • adjective tunicate of, relating to, or belonging to the subphylum Tunicata 0
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Origin of tunicate

First appearance:

before 1615
One of the 41% oldest English words
First recorded in 1615-25, tunicate is from the Latin word tunicātus wearing a tunic. See tunic, -ate1

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tunicate popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 78% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
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Related words

  • ascidian

    any minute marine invertebrate animal of the class Ascidiacea, such as the sea squirt, the adults of which are degenerate and sedentary: subphylum Tunicata (tunicates)

  • salpa

    any free-swimming, oceanic tunicate of the genus Salpa, having a transparent, more or less fusiform body.

  • sea squirt

    any tunicate, especially a sessile ascidian, so called from its habit of contracting its body and ejecting streams of water when disturbed.

  • urochord

    the notochord of an ascidian or tunicate, more conspicuous in the larva than in the adult and confined chiefly to the caudal region.
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