tunicate

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: tu=ni=cate

CIDE DICTIONARY

tunicate, a. [L. tunicatus, p. p. of tunicare to clothe with a tunic, fr. tunica a tunic.].

•  Covered with a tunic; covered or coated with layers; as, a tunicated bulb.  [1913 Webster]
•  Having a tunic, or mantle; of or pertaining to the Tunicata.  [1913 Webster]

tunicate, pr. n. 

 One of the Tunicata.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

tunicate, n. & adj.
--n. any marine animal of the subphylum Urochordata having a rubbery or hard outer coat, including sea squirts.
--adj.
1 Zool. of or relating to this subphylum.
2 a Zool. enclosed in a tunic. b Bot. having concentric layers.

Etymology

L tunicatus past part. of tunicare clothe with a tunic (as TUNICA)