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Tunicate

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urochordatenoun(zoology) Any marine invertebrate of the subphylum Urochordata; the sea squirts.
urochordnounAny marine organism of the Urochordata.

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urochordatenoun(zoology) Any marine invertebrate of the subphylum Urochordata; the sea squirts.
urochordnounAny marine organism of the Urochordata.
sea squirtnounAny sessile tunicate of the class Ascidiacea, which expels water from two openings when disturbed; they are filter feeders.
tethydannoun(obsolete) tunicate
golden star tunicatenounBotryllus schlosseri, a species of colony-forming sea squirts, native to European coastal waters but introduced worldwide.
tectibranchiatenoun(zoology, obsolete) Having the gills covered by the mantle; of or relating to the former order Tectibranchiata.
trimusculidnoun(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Trimusculidae.
turritellanoun(zoology) Any sea snail of the genus Turritella (or allied genera) of spiral marine gastropods with an elongated, turreted shell.
clavelinidnoun(zoology) Any tunicate in the family Clavelinidae.
turbinellanoun(zoology) Any of the genus Turbinella of large marine gastropods.
thaliaceannounAny pelagic marine tunicate of the class Thaliacea.
turbinellidnoun(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Turbinellidae.
turritellidnoun(zoology) Any member of the family Turritellidae of sea snails.
squidnounAny of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles
larvaceannounAny of various solitary, free-swimming tunicates of the class Larvacea.
salpnounAny of the free-swimming tunicates of the order Salpida and its single family Salpidae.
tunanounAny of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae.
ascidiaceannoun(zoology) Any of the class Ascidiacea of sea squirts.
turridnoun(zoology) Any sea snail of the polyphyletic family Turridae, now distributed over several other families.
tetrasquillidnoun(zoology) Any mantis shrimp in the family Tetrasquillidae.

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