ascidian


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ascidian /əˈsɪdɪən/
noun Zoology a sea squirt.
– origin C19: from mod. L. pl. Ascidia (genus name), from Gk askidion, dimin. of askos ‘wineskin’.
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