tunicate in English

noun
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a marine invertebrate of a group that includes the sea squirts and salps. They have a rubbery or hard outer coat and two siphons to draw water into and out of the body.
The hull here is rich in marine life - hydroids, tunicates , anemones and sponges.
adjective
1
(of a plant bulb, e.g., an onion) having concentric layers.
noun

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1. Ascidians are marine invertebrates that belong to the urochordate/tunicate subphylum (see Fig

2. The invention also relates to a method for producing a biofuel from a tunicate wherein the biofuel is selected from an alcohol and biodiesel and wherein said method comprises the steps of: (a)(i) subjecting said tunicate or one or more polysaccharides extracted from said tunicate to enzymatic or acid hydrolysis to form a hydrolysate containing one or more monosaccharides and (ii) fermenting said one or more monosaccharides to form an alcohol; or (b)(i) extracting lipids/fatty acids from said tunicate and (ii) converting said lipids/ fatty acids into biodiesel by transesterification or alcoholysis or (iii) subjecting said tunicate to transesterification or alcoholysis thereby converting lipids/ fatty acids present in said tunicate into biodiesel.

3. Pharmacological properties of biofouling Ascidian, Polyclinum madrasensis Sebastian, 1952 from Tuticorin Coast of India Polychaeta 130.1 1.0 Polychaeta Polychaeta Onuphidae Maldanidae Ascidiacca "tunicate" 121.0 1.0 Ascidiacea Calanoida "copepod" 118.2 1.0 …