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Noun: tunicate  t(y)oo-ni-kut or 't(y)oo-ni,keyt
  1. Primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva
    - urochordate, urochord

Derived forms: tunicates

Type of: chordate

Part of: subphylum Tunicata, subphylum Urochorda, subphylum Urochordata, Tunicata, Urochorda, Urochordata

Encyclopedia: Tunicate