ascidian n 1: minute sedentary marine invertebrate having a saclike body with siphons through which water enters and leaves
Ascidian \As*cid"i*an\, n. [Gr. ? bladder, pouch.] (Zool.) One of the Ascidioidea, or in a more general sense, one of the Tunicata. Also as an adj. [1913 Webster]