- subphylum Tunicata
- nountunicates• Syn: ↑Urochordata, ↑subphylum Urochordata, ↑Urochorda, ↑subphylum Urochorda, ↑Tunicata• Hypernyms: ↑phylum• Member Holonyms: ↑Chordata, ↑phylum Chordata• Member Meronyms:
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subphylum Tunicata
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subphylum Urochorda — noun tunicates • Syn: ↑Urochordata, ↑subphylum Urochordata, ↑Urochorda, ↑Tunicata, ↑subphylum Tunicata • Hypernyms: ↑phylum • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
subphylum Urochordata — noun tunicates • Syn: ↑Urochordata, ↑Urochorda, ↑subphylum Urochorda, ↑Tunicata, ↑subphylum Tunicata • Hypernyms: ↑phylum • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Tunicata — noun tunicates • Syn: ↑Urochordata, ↑subphylum Urochordata, ↑Urochorda, ↑subphylum Urochorda, ↑subphylum Tunicata • Hypernyms: ↑phylum • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Tunicata — Tu ni*ca ta, n. pl. [NL. See {Tunicate}.] (Zo[ o]l.) A grand division of the animal kingdom, intermediate, in some respects, between the invertebrates and vertebrates, and in modern classifications considered a subphylum of the vertebrates;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tunicate — /tooh ni kit, kayt , tyooh /, n. 1. Zool. any sessile marine chordate of the subphylum Tunicata (Urochordata), having a saclike body enclosed in a thick membrane or tunic and two openings or siphons for the ingress and egress of water. adj. Also … Universalium
Tunicate — Temporal range: Cambrian stage 3–Recent … Wikipedia
Chordate — Chordata Temporal range: Early Cambrian – Recent, 540–0 Ma … Wikipedia
chordate — /kawr dayt/, Zool. adj. 1. belonging or pertaining to the phylum Chordata, comprising the true vertebrates and those animals having a notochord, as the lancelets and tunicates. n. 2. a chordate animal. [1885 90; see CHORDATA] * * * Any member of… … Universalium
endocrine system — Group of ductless glands that secrete hormones necessary for normal growth and development, reproduction, and homeostasis. The major endocrine glands are the hypothalamus, pituitary, thyroid, islets of Langerhans, adrenals, parathyroids, ovaries … Universalium
Chordata — noun comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord • Syn: ↑phylum Chordata • Hypernyms: ↑phylum • Member Holonyms: ↑Animalia, ↑kingdom Animalia, ↑animal kingdom … Useful english dictionary
