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ascidian

American  
[uh-sid-ee-uhn] / əˈsɪd i ən /

noun

  1. any solitary or colonial tunicate of the class Ascidiacea, exhibiting in the larval stage the vertebrate characteristics of a notocord and hollow nerve cord.

adjective

  1. belonging or pertaining to the class Ascidiacea.

ascidian British  
/ əˈsɪdɪən /

noun

  1. any minute marine invertebrate animal of the class Ascidiacea, such as the sea squirt, the adults of which are degenerate and sedentary: subphylum Tunicata (tunicates)

  2. the free-swimming larva of an ascidian, having a tadpole-like tail containing the notochord and nerve cord

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adjective

  1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Ascidiacea

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Etymology

Origin of ascidian

1855–60; < New Latin Ascidi ( um ) a tunicate genus ( ascidium ) + -an

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