ascidian
/əˈsɪdɪən
/noun Zoology
A sea squirt.Above, a seastar fish swims amongst a garden of ascidians and soft corals....
- Some organisms, such as nematodes and ascidians, have a remarkably precise pattern of cell divisions in early development.
- Boulders are infested with black tree corals, mussels, cowrie shells, soft and hard corals and ascidians.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from modern Latin plural Ascidia (genus name), from Greek askidion, diminutive of askos 'wineskin'.
Rhymes
- pudding heart
- puddingish
- pudding meat
- pudding pie
- pudding pipe
- pudding pit
- pudding-poke
- pudding-prick
- pudding race
- pudding-shaped
- pudding-sleeve
- pudding-stick
- puddingstone
- dinna
- dinnae
- dinna fash
- dinner
- dinner camp
- dinner dance
- dinner jacket
- dinner lady
- dinner pail
- dinner party
- dinner ring
- dinner service