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ascidian
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as·cid·i·an  (-sd-n)
n.
See sea squirt.
[From New Latin Ascidia, genus name, from Greek askidion, diminutive of askos, wineskin.]
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Noun1.ascidian - minute sedentary marine invertebrate having a saclike body with siphons through which water enters and leaves
tunicate, urochord, urochordate - primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva
Ascidiaceae, class Ascidiaceae - sometimes classified as an order: sea squirts
sea squirt - ascidian that can contract its body and eject streams of water


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