tunicate

Borrowed from Latin tunicatus, past participle of tunicare (“to clothe with a tunic”).

tunicate (plural tunicates)

1. Any of very many chordate marine animals, of the subphyla Tunicata or Urochordata, including the sea squirts.

tunicate (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to these animals.
2. (anatomy, botany) Enclosed in a tunic or mantle; covered or coated with layers.
3. (zoology) Having each joint buried in the preceding funnel-shaped one, as in certain antennae of insects.

• endotunica
• exotunica

tunicāte

1. vocative masculine singular of tunicātus