sea squirt

English

A sea squirt, Polycarpa aurata

Noun

sea squirt (plural sea squirts)

1. Any sessile tunicate, of the class Ascidiacea, which squirts water from two openings when touched; they are filter feeders

Translations

animal of the class Ascidiacea

• Dutch: zakpijp (nl) f
• Finnish: merituppi
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: τήθυον n (tḗthuon)

• Italian: ascidia f
• Japanese: ホヤ (hoya)
• Korean: 멍게 (meongge), 우렁쉥이 (ureongsweng'i)
• Maori: kāeo
• Portuguese: tunicado
• Swedish: sjöpung (sv) c

See also

• cunji