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tunicate

N สัตว์ ทะเล ประเภท  Tunicate ร่างกาย มี ถุง หุ้ม 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TUNICATED

a.In botany, covered with a tunic or membranes; coated; as a stem. A tunicated bulb, is one composed of numerous concentric coats, as an onion.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TUNICATE; TUNICATED

Tu "ni *cate, Tu "ni *ca `ted, a. Etym: [L. tunicatus, p. p. of tunicare to clothe with a tunic, fr. tunica a tunic. ]

 

1. (Bot. )

 

Defn: Covered with a tunic; covered or coated with layers; as, a tunicated bulb.

 

2. (Zoöl.) (a ) Having a tunic, or mantle; of or pertaining to the Tunicata. (b ) Having each joint buried in the preceding funnel-shaped one, as in certain antennæ of insects.

 

TUNICATE

TUNICATE Tu "ni *cate, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: One of the Tunicata.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

tunicate

tu ni cate |ˈt (y )o͞oniˌkāt ˈtjunəkeɪt | noun Zoology a marine invertebrate of a group that 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. [Subphylum Urochordata: three classes. ] adjective (usu. tunicated ) Botany (of a plant bulb, e.g., an onion ) having concentric layers. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from Latin tunicatus, past participle of tunicare clothe with a tunic, from tunica (see tunica ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

tunicate

tunicate |ˈtjuːnɪkət, -keɪt | noun Zoology 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. Subphylum Urochordata: three classes. adjective (also tunicated ) Botany (of a plant bulb, e.g. an onion ) having concentric layers. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from Latin tunicatus, past participle of tunicare clothe with a tunic , from tunica (see tunica ).