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n. pl.
Same as Tunicata.
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A natural covering; an integument; as, the tunic of a seed.
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.
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A short, close-fitting vestment worn by bishops under the dalmatic, and by subdeacons.
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Having each joint buried in the preceding funnel-shaped one, as in certain antennae of insects.
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Covered with a tunic; covered or coated with layers; as, a tunicated bulb.
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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.
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Having a tunic, or mantle; of or pertaining to the Tunicata.
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The central axis or cord in the tail of larval ascidians and of certain adult tunicates.
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Animal cellulose; a substance present in the mantle, or tunic, of the Tunicates, which resembles, or is identical with, the cellulose of the vegetable kingdom.
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A membrane, or layer of tissue, especially when enveloping an organ or part, as the eye.
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One of the Tunicata.
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of Tunicary
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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 serves as a gill.
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A slight natural covering; an integument.
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One of the Tunicata.
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Same as Tunicle.
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See Mantle, n., 3 (a).
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Alt. of Tunicated
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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.
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