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- noun Plural form of
tunicate .
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Examples
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There are also a variety of remotely allied marine organisms known as tunicates, sea-squirts, or ascidians (Fig. 2).
Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky Various 1880
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The tunicates are the only class of animals that have a real cellulose or woody coat.
The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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The gelatinous invaders, known as tunicates, form a goopy mat on the sea floor, raising fears that they will hurt the shellfish industry, as they have in eastern Canada.
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Conventionally, sea squirts-also known as tunicates-are lumped together with frogs, humans and other vertebrates in the phylum Chordata, but the genes were sending mixed signals.
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Conventionally, sea squirts-also known as tunicates-are lumped together with frogs, humans and other vertebrates in the phylum Chordata, but the genes were sending mixed signals.
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Conventionally, sea squirts-also known as tunicates-are lumped together with frogs, humans and other vertebrates in the phylum Chordata, but the genes were sending mixed signals.
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An Australian-led voyage of discovery to this previously-unexplored region earlier this year uncovered a remarkably rich, colourful and complex range of life - including glass-like animals known as tunicates, corals, sponges, huge sea worms, giant crustaceans and sea spiders the size of dinner plates.
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In yet another component of the ongoing Sea Grant project, UC Davis graduate student Anna Deck has shown that "space competitors" from fouling organisms such as tunicates and barnacles are likely not impacting oyster survival rates in the bay.
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"Junior" by Robert Abernathy (wherein the characters are tunicates or crinoids) "Love is the Plan - The Plan is Death" by Tiptree
Aliens frankwu 2009
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It has been shown to shrink BCC tumors in mice and inhibit new tumors by 90 percent.5 Experimental testing is still being done on the cancer-fighting properties of barnacle-like marine animals called “tunicates.”
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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