tunicate
tu·ni·cate
noun
1.
primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord (a notochord) conspicuous in the larva
Origin
From translingual Tunicata + -ate (noun-forming suffix). Further from Latin tunicātus, perfect passive participle of tunicō (“to clothe with a tunic”).
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