a. and sb. [f. as prec. + -ARY1]

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  A.  adj. Of or pertaining to a tunic or membrane.

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1900–13.  in Dorland, Med. Dict.

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1901.  Jrnl. Exper. Med., 15 Jan., 343 (Cent. D. Suppl.). The tunicary hernia of the jejunum … still lay entirely on one side of the mesentery.

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  B.  sb. Zool. A member of the Tunicata; a tanicated mollusk.

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1835.  Kirby, Hab. & Inst. Anim., I. vii. 218. The Tunicaries … form part of the headless Molluscans of Cuvier and belong to the section of them that have no shells.

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1851.  Woodward, Mollusca, I. iii. 11. The tunicary cements itself to rock or seaweed.

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1872.  Nicholson, Palæont., 30. The entire class of the Tunicaries presents no hard structures.

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