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tunicate
adjective
- Bot. of or covered with concentric layers or tunics, as an onion
- Zool. having a tunic or mantle
Also tunicated
noun
any of a subphylum (Tunicata) of solitary or colonial sea chordates, having a saclike body enclosed by a thick tunic, including the salps and ascidians
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