I. ˈtü-ni-kət, ˈtyü-, -nə-ˌkāt adjective
also tu·ni·cat·ed -nə-ˌkā-təd
Etymology: Latin tunicatus, from tunica
Date: circa 1623
1.
a. : having or covered with a tunic or tunica
b. : having, arranged in, or made up of concentric layers
a tunicate flower bulb
2. : of or relating to the tunicates
II. -ni-kət, -nə-ˌkāt noun
Etymology: New Latin Tunicata, from neuter plural of Latin tunicatus
Date: 1889
: any of a subphylum (Urochordata syn. Tunicata) of marine chordate animals (as ascidians) that are filter feeders having a thick secreted covering layer, a greatly reduced nervous system, and only in the larval stage a notochord