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Sea squirt
Answer for the clue "Sea squirt ", 8 letters:
ascidian
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Word definitions for ascidian in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ascidian \As*cid"i*an\, n. [Gr. ? bladder, pouch.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the Ascidioidea, or in a more general sense, one of the Tunicata. Also as an adj. [1913 Webster] ||
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. minute sedentary marine invertebrate having a saclike body with siphons through which water enters and leaves
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any member of the class ''Ascidiacea'' (the sea squirts)
Usage examples of ascidian.
Beyond them lay slopes of some blackish slag-like material which were dotted with lovely coloured creatures, holothurians, ascidians, echini and echinoderms, as thickly as ever an English spring time bank was sprinkled with hyacinths and primroses.
A thousand beautiful ascidians and echinoderms of every joyous colour and fantastic shape peeped out from amid this herbage, which was alive with strange crustaceans and low forms of creeping life.
Beyond them lay slopes of some blackish slag-like material which were dotted with lovely coloured creatures, holothurians, ascidians, echini and echinoderms, as thickly as ever an English spring time bank was sprinkled with hyacinths and primroses.
In the oyster and ascidians no organs can be detected in the male, but in the female they are developed.