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SEA SQUIRT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sea squirt mean?
• SEA SQUIRT (noun)
The noun SEA SQUIRT has 1 sense:
1. ascidian that can contract its body and eject streams of water
Familiarity information: SEA SQUIRT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ascidian that can contract its body and eject streams of water
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("sea squirt" is a kind of...):
ascidian (minute sedentary marine invertebrate having a saclike body with siphons through which water enters and leaves)
Context examples
A substance that comes from a type of sea squirt and is being studied in the treatment of cancer.
(Ecteinascidin 743, NCI Dictionary)
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