tunicate
Meaning of tunicate
noun
a marine invertebrate of a group which includes the sea squirts and salps. They have a rubbery or hard outer coat and two siphons to draw water into and out of the body.
adjective
(of a plant bulb, e.g. an onion) having concentric layers.
mid 18th century: from Latin tunicatus, past participle of tunicare ‘clothe with a tunic’, from tunica (see tunica).
Information about tunicate
- The plural form of tunicate is: tunicates.
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Hyphenation of tunicate
tu-ni-cate
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- tunicate is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
tunicate synonyms
Meaning urochordate:
Translation of tunicate
- French: tunicier, urochordé
- Spanish: urocordados, tunicados
- Italian: tunicato
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