tunicate (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *tunicate*:
NOUN	animal	tunicate, urochordate, urochord	primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva

tunicate > pronunciation
Sounds	tuw'nihkaht
Rhymes	abbot ... zealot / Zealot: 372 rhymes with aht...

English > *tunicate*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	Primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva.
Synonyms	urochordate, urochord
Member of	Urochordata, subphylum Urochordata, Urochorda, subphylum Urochorda, Tunicata, subphylum Tunicata	tunicates
Narrower	appendicularia	free-swimming tadpole-shaped pelagic tunicate resembling larvae of other tunicates
	ascidian	minute sedentary marine invertebrate having a saclike body with siphons through which water enters and leaves
	doliolum	free-swimming oceanic tunicate with a barrel-shaped transparent body
	larvacean	Any member of the class Larvacea
	salp, salpa	minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end
Broader	chordate	Any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column
Spanish	urochordate, urocordado
Catalan	urochordate, urocordat

HyperDic: tunicate