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Tunicated vs Tunicate - What's the difference?

tunicated | tunicate |

As adjectives the difference between tunicated and tunicate

is that tunicated is tunicate while tunicate is of or pertaining to these animals.

As a noun tunicate is

any of very many chordate marine animals, of the subphylum tunicata'' or ''urochordata , including the sea squirts.

tunicated

English

Adjective

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  • tunicate
  • tunicate

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of very many chordate marine animals, of the subphylum Tunicata'' or ''Urochordata , including the sea squirts.
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • 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.
  • Derived terms

    * bitunicate * fissitunicate * prototunicate * unitunicate