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ASCIDIAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ascidian mean?
• ASCIDIAN (noun)
The noun ASCIDIAN has 1 sense:
1. minute sedentary marine invertebrate having a saclike body with siphons through which water enters and leaves
Familiarity information: ASCIDIAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Minute sedentary marine invertebrate having a saclike body with siphons through which water enters and leaves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("ascidian" is a kind of...):
tunicate; urochord; urochordate (primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ascidian"):
sea squirt (ascidian that can contract its body and eject streams of water)
Holonyms ("ascidian" is a member of...):
Ascidiaceae; class Ascidiaceae (sometimes classified as an order: sea squirts)
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