英文英文字典
英文英文字典
古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
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Tunic
(n.)
Same as Tunicle.
Tunic
(n.)
A membrane, or layer of tissue, especially when enveloping
an organ or part, as the eye.
Tunic
(n.)
A natural covering; an integument; as, the tunic of a seed.
Tunic
(n.)
See Mantle, n., 3 (a).
Tunicaries
(pl. )
of Tunicary
Tunicary
(n.)
One of the Tunicata.
Tunicata
(n. pl.)
A grand division of the animal kingdom, intermediate,
in some respects, between the invertebrates and vertebrates, and by
some writers united with the latter. They were formerly classed with
acephalous mollusks. The body is usually covered with a firm external
tunic, consisting in part of cellulose, and having two openings, one
for the entrance and one for the exit of water. The pharynx is usually
dilated in the form of a sac, pierced by several series of ciliated
slits, and serves as a gill.
Tunicate
(a.)
Alt. of Tunicated
Tunicate
(n.)
One of the Tunicata.
Tunicated
(a.)
Covered with a tunic; covered or coated with layers; as,
a tunicated bulb.
Tunicated
(a.)
Having a tunic, or mantle; of or pertaining to the
Tunicata.
Tunicated
(a.)
Having each joint buried in the preceding funnel-shaped
one, as in certain antennae of insects.
Tunicin
(n.)
Animal cellulose; a substance present in the mantle, or
tunic, of the Tunicates, which resembles, or is identical with, the
cellulose of the vegetable kingdom.
Tunicle
(n.)
A slight natural covering; an integument.
Tunicle
(n.)
A short, close-fitting vestment worn by bishops under the
dalmatic, and by subdeacons.
Tuning
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tune
a. & n. from Tune, v.
Tunk
(n.)
A sharp blow; a thump.
Tunker
(n.)
Same as Dunker.
Tunnage
(n.)
See Tonnage.