golden star tunicate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Botryllus schlosseri, a species of colony-forming sea squirts, native to European coastal waters but introduced worldwide.

Word forms

golden star tunicate golden star tunicates

Etymology

After the way individuals arrange themselves around a central point like rays of a star.

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