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ascidian
1. Minute sedentary marine invertebrate having a saclike body with siphons through which water enters and leaves or "squirts" out.
2. Known as a "sea squirt" or a marine invertebrate animal that has a transparent sac-shaped (bag-shaped) body with openings through which water passes in and out.
2. Known as a "sea squirt" or a marine invertebrate animal that has a transparent sac-shaped (bag-shaped) body with openings through which water passes in and out.
It squirts out a stream of water when disturbed; class Ascidiacea.
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asco-, asci-, asc-, ascidi-, ascid-
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