Found 2 items, similar to tunicate.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: tunicate tunicate n : primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord (a notochord) conspicuous in the larva [syn: urochordate, urochord]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Tunicate Tunicate \Tu"ni*cate\, n. (Zo["o]l.) One of the Tunicata. [1913 Webster] 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. (Zo["o]l.) (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 antenn[ae] of insects. [1913 Webster]