Dictionary
as•cid•i•an
Pronunciation: (u-sid'ē-un), [key] Zool.
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n.
any solitary or colonial tunicate of the class Ascidiacea, exhibiting in the larval stage the vertebrate characteristics of a notocord and hollow nerve cord.
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adj.
belonging or pertaining to the class Ascidiacea.
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