Crossword clues for ascidian
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] ||
Wiktionary
n. Any member of the class ''Ascidiacea'' (the sea squirts)
WordNet
n. minute sedentary marine invertebrate having a saclike body with siphons through which water enters and leaves
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.