tunicate
English Thesaurus
1. primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva (noun.animal)
hypernym | : | chordate, |
definition | : | any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | ascidian, |
definition | : | minute sedentary marine invertebrate having a saclike body with siphons through which water enters and leaves (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | salp, salpa, |
definition | : | minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | doliolum, |
definition | : | free-swimming oceanic tunicate with a barrel-shaped transparent body (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | larvacean, |
definition | : | any member of the class Larvacea (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | appendicularia, |
definition | : | free-swimming tadpole-shaped pelagic tunicate resembling larvae of other tunicates (noun.animal) |
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