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Tunic :: Tunic (n.) A natural covering; an integument; as, the tunic of a seed..

Doliolum :: Doliolum (n.) A genus of freeswimming oceanic tunicates, allied to Salpa, and having alternate generations..

Sea Squirt :: Sea squirt () An ascidian. See Illust. under Tunicata.

Tunicated :: Tunicated (a.) Covered with a tunic; covered or coated with layers; as, a tunicated bulb..

Urochorda :: Urochorda (n. pl.) Same as Tunicata.

Tunic :: Tunic (n.) Any similar garment worm by ancient or Oriental peoples; also, a common name for various styles of loose-fitting under-garments and over-garments worn in modern times by Europeans and others..

Sublapsarian :: Subkingdom (n.) One of the several primary divisions of either the animal, or vegetable kingdom, as, in zoology, the Vertebrata, Tunicata, Mollusca, Articulata, Molluscoidea, Echinodermata, Coelentera, and the Protozoa; in botany, the Phanerogamia, and the Cryptogamia..

Tunic :: Tunic (n.) Same as Tunicle.

Tunicata :: Tunicata (n. pl.) A grand division of the animal kingdom, intermediate, in some respects, between the invertebrates and vertebrates, and by some writers united with the latter. They were formerly classed with acephalous mollusks. The body is usually covered with a firm external tunic, consisting in part of cellulose, and having two openings, one for the entrance and one for the exit of water. The pharynx is usually dilated in the form of a sac, pierced by several series of ciliated slits, and se

Pharyngopneusta :: Pharyngopneusta (n. pl.) A group of invertebrates including the Tunicata and Enteropneusta.

Appendicularia :: Appendicularia (n.) A genus of small free-swimming Tunicata, shaped somewhat like a tadpole, and remarkable for resemblances to the larvae of other Tunicata. It is the type of the order Copelata or Larvalia. See Illustration in Appendix..

Chordata :: Chordata (n. pl.) A comprehensive division of animals including all Vertebrata together with the Tunicata, or all those having a dorsal nervous cord..

Laticlave :: Laticlave (n.) A broad stripe of purple on the fore part of the tunic, worn by senators in ancient Rome as an emblem of office..

Salpa :: Salpa (n.) A genus of transparent, tubular, free-swimming oceanic tunicates found abundantly in all the warmer latitudes. See Illustration in Appendix..

Tunicated :: Tunicated (a.) Having a tunic, or mantle; of or pertaining to the Tunicata..

Tunicary :: Tunicary (n.) One of the Tunicata.

Vermes :: Vermes (n. pl.) An extensive artificial division of the animal kingdom, including the parasitic worms, or helminths, together with the nemerteans, annelids, and allied groups. By some writers the branchiopods, the bryzoans, and the tunicates are also included. The name was used in a still wider sense by Linnaeus and his followers..

Endostyle :: Endostyle (n.) A fold of the endoderm, which projects into the blood cavity of ascidians. See Tunicata..

Ascidium :: Ascidium (n.) A genus of simple ascidians, which formerly included most of the known species. It is sometimes used as a name for the Ascidioidea, or for all the Tunicata..

Ascidioidea :: Ascidioidea (n. pl.) A group of Tunicata, often shaped like a two-necked bottle. The group includes, social, and compound species. The gill is a netlike structure within the oral aperture. The integument is usually leathery in texture. See Illustration in Appendix..

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