TUNICATE

tunicate. Tunicate, a. having tunics or covers lying over each other

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{ Tu″ni‐cate (?), Tu″ni‐ca′ted (?), } a. [[L. tunicatus, p. p. of tunicare to clothe with a tunic, fr. tunica a tunic.]] 1. 1. (Bot.) Covered with a tunic; covered or coated with layers; as, a tunicated bulb.
2. 2. (Zoöl.) (a) Having a tunic, or mantle; of or pertaining to the Tunicata. (b) Having each joint buried in the preceding funnel-shaped one, as in certain antennæ of insects.