tunicate in English
- tunicate⇄adj. 1. (Botany.) made up of concentric layers. An onion is a tunicate bulb.
2. (Zoology.) having a tunic or outer covering.
3. belonging to the tunicates. - tunicate⇄noun (Zoology.) any one of a subphylum of small sea chordates, including the ascidians and allied forms, characterized by a saclike body enclosed in a tough, leathery membrane, with a single or double opening through which the water enters and leaves th
- tunicate⇄tunicate, adjective, noun.