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didemnid, n. and a. Zool.|daɪˈdɛmnɪd|
[f. mod.L. family name Didemnidae, f. di-2 + Gr. δέµνιον bed: see -id3.]
A. n. An ascidian (sea squirt) of the family Didemnidae.
B. adj. Of, pertaining to, or designating the family Didemnidae.
1893Funk's Stand. Dict., Didemnid, n. 1931A. B. Hastings in Sci. Rep. Gt. Barrier Reef Exped. (Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) IV. 94 The shore Didemnids of similar type have burr-like spicules. 1950N. J. Berrill Tunicata i. 115 Didemnid zooids are constricted by a narrow oesophageal neck into a thorax and abdomen. 1967Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. V. 471 Among these one may mention..the small didemnid ascidian Diplosoma gelatinosum. 1976Nature 24 June 697/2 Algal cells found living inside the colonies of other didemnid ascidians at Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands, [etc.]. |