Noun: tunicate t(y)oo-ni-kut or 't(y)oo-ni,keyt
- Primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva
"Tunicates are often found attached to rocks or boat hulls"; "Researchers studied the development of the urochord in tunicate larvae";
- urochordate, urochord
Derived forms: tunicates
Type of: chordate
Part of: subphylum Tunicata, subphylum Urochorda, subphylum Urochordata, Tunicata, Urochorda, Urochordata
Encyclopedia: Tunicate