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語源 1

From translingual Tunicata +‎ -ate (noun-forming suffix). Further from Latin tunicātus, perfect passive participle of tunicō (“to clothe with a tunic”).

名詞

tunicate (plural tunicates)

1. Any of very many chordate marine animals, of the subphyla Tunicata or Urochordata, including the sea squirts.

派生語

語源 2

Rebracketing of tunicate on the basis of -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

形容詞

tunicate (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to Tunicata or Urochordata.

語源 3

Borrowed from Latin tunicātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

形容詞

tunicate (not comparable)

1. (anatomy, botany) Enclosed in a tunic or mantle; covered or coated with layers.
   • 1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 404:

     This tunicate withered hag the Señora had my financial number.

2. (zoology) Having each joint buried in the preceding funnel-shaped one, as in certain antennae of insects.

派生語

関連する語

• endotunica
• exotunica

動詞

tunicāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of tunicō