tunicate

IPA: tˈunɪkʌt

Any of very many chordate marine animals, of the subphyla Tunicata or Urochordata, including the sea squirts.

Of or pertaining to these animals.
(anatomy, botany) Enclosed in a tunic or mantle; covered or coated with layers.
(zoology) Having each joint buried in the preceding funnel-shaped one, as in certain antennae of insects.

Examples of "tunicate" in Sentences

Hexacrobylidae are a family of benthic predatory tunicates.
Transparent tunicate, transparent sea squirt, solitary tunicate.
Maybe something tunicate-like and sea squirtish back in the Cambrian, but surely not THESE sea squirts.
But we will pass over these cases in order to dwell more particularly on the remarkable tunicate known as
In the same way we can infer intelligence behind adding pictures to the same slide as he names them a fruit fly, a tunicate, a panda bear, a little girl, or Richard Dawkins.
Maritime fishermen will soon be able to test harbours and bays for the presence of tunicate at an early stage, helping them battle an invasive species and major pest for the mussel industry.
And not just because of what the ride does to the poor helpless tunicate population, who should be calling an attorney right now and suing for misrepresentation, except, chances are, they're a bit short of cash at the moment.
The predatory tunicate, a species of sea squirt, looks like a voracious, headless mouth on a glass stalk, and is unique among tunicates in being a true predator — its mouth closing swiftly on shrimp and other crustaceans that stray into it.
This first structure of the human heart, enclosing a very simple cavity, corresponds to the tunicate-heart, and is a reproduction of that of the Prochordonia, but it now divides into two, and subsequently into three, compartments; this reminds us for a time of the heart of the Cyclostomes and fishes.