tunicate
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English
Etymology 1
From translingual Tunicata, see -ate (noun-forming suffix). Further from Latin tunicātus, perfect passive participle of tunicō (“to clothe with a tunic”).
Noun
tunicate (plural tunicates)
- Any of very many chordate marine animals, of the subphyla Tunicata or Urochordata, including the sea squirts.
Derived terms
Translations
any of the chordate marine animals of the subphylum Tunicata
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Etymology 2
Rebracketing of tunicate on the basis of -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Adjective
tunicate (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to Tunicata or Urochordata.
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Latin tunicātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Adjective
tunicate (not comparable)
- (anatomy, botany) Enclosed in a tunic or mantle; covered or coated with layers.
- 1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 404:
- This tunicate withered hag the Señora had my financial number.
- (zoology) Having each joint buried in the preceding funnel-shaped one, as in certain antennae of insects.
Derived terms
- bitunicate
- fissitunicate
- prototunicate
- unitunicate
Related terms
Latin
Adjective
tunicāte
Verb
tunicāte
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