different between exotunica vs tunicate

English

Etymology

exo- +? tunica(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “But we have no English tunica entry.”)

Noun

exotunica

1. Synonym of exoascus

English

Etymology

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

Noun

tunicate (plural tunicates)

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

Translations

Adjective

tunicate (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to these animals.
2. (anatomy, botany) Enclosed in a tunic or mantle; covered or coated with layers.
   • 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 404]:

     Thiss tunicate withered hag the Señora had my financial number.

3. (zoology) Having each joint buried in the preceding funnel-shaped one, as in certain antennae of insects.

Derived terms

Related terms

• endotunica
• exotunica

Latin

Adjective

tunic?te

1. vocative masculine singular of tunic?tus