ascidiaceae (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Ascidiaceae*:
NOUN	animal	Ascidiaceae, class Ascidiaceae	sometimes classified as an order

English > *Ascidiaceae*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	sometimes classified as an order: sea squirts.
Synonym	class Ascidiaceae
Member of	Urochordata, subphylum Urochordata, Urochorda, subphylum Urochorda, Tunicata, subphylum Tunicata	tunicates
Members	ascidian	minute sedentary marine invertebrate having a saclike body with siphons through which water enters and leaves
Members	ascidian tadpole	free-swimming larva of ascidians
Broader	class	(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
Spanish	ascidias

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