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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..

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

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..

Acephala :: Acephala (n. pl.) That division of the Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells, like the clams and oysters; -- so called because they have no evident head. Formerly the group included the Tunicata, Brachiopoda, and sometimes the Bryozoa. See Mollusca..

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

Tunicate :: Tunicate (a.) Alt. of Tunicate.

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

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..

Tunicated :: Tunicated (a.) Having each joint buried in the preceding funnel-shaped one, as in certain antennae of insects..

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..

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

Desmomyaria :: Desmomyaria (n. pl.) The division of Tunicata which includes the Salpae. See Salpa.

Cellulose :: Cellulose (n.) The substance which constitutes the essential part of the solid framework of plants, of ordinary wood, linen, paper, etc. It is also found to a slight extent in certain animals, as the tunicates. It is a carbohydrate, (C6H10O5)n, isomeric with starch, and is convertible into starches and sugars by the action of heat and acids. When pure, it is a white amorphous mass. See Starch, Granulose, Lignin..

Tethydan :: Tethydan (n.) A tunicate.

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

Thaliacea :: Thaliacea (n. pl.) A division of Tunicata comprising the free-swimming species, such as Salpa and Doliolum..

Tunic :: Tunic (n.) An under-garment worn by the ancient Romans of both sexes. It was made with or without sleeves, reached to or below the knees, and was confined at the waist by a girdle..

Tabard :: Tabard (n.) A sort of tunic or mantle formerly worn for protection from the weather. When worn over the armor it was commonly emblazoned with the arms of the wearer, and from this the name was given to the garment adopted for heralds..

Orthostade :: Orthostade (n.) A chiton, or loose, ungirded tunic, falling in straight folds..

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

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