Tungstite
(Tung"stite) n. (Min.) The oxide of tungsten, a yellow mineral occurring in a pulverulent form.
It is often associated with wolfram.
Tunguses
(Tun*gus"es) n. pl. (Ethnol.) A group of roving Turanian tribes occupying Eastern Siberia
and the Amoor valley. They resemble the Mongols. [Written also Tungooses.]
Tungusic
(Tun*gus"ic) a. Of or pertaining to the Tunguses; as, the Tungusic dialects.
Tunhoof
(Tun"hoof`) n. [Cf. Aleboof.] (Bot.) Ground ivy; alehoof.
Tunic
(Tu"nic) n. [L. tunica: cf. F. tunique.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) An under-garment worn by the ancient Romans of both sexes. It was made with or
without sleeves, reached to or below the knees, and was confined at the waist by a girdle.
2. Any similar garment worm by ancient or Oriental peoples; also, a common name for various styles of
loose-fitting under- garments and over-garments worn in modern times by Europeans and others.
3. (R. C. Ch.) Same as Tunicle.
4. (Anat.) A membrane, or layer of tissue, especially when enveloping an organ or part, as the eye.
5. (Bot.) A natural covering; an integument; as, the tunic of a seed.
6. (Zoöl.) See Mantle, n., 3 (a).
Tunicary
(Tu"ni*ca*ry) n.; pl. Tunicaries [L. tunica a tunic.] (Zoöl.) One of the Tunicata.
Tunicata
(||Tu`ni*ca"ta) n. pl. [NL. See Tunicate.] (Zoöl.) A grand division of the animal kingdom, intermediate,
in some respects, between the invertebrates and vertebrates, and by some writers united with the latter.
They were formerly classed with acephalous mollusks. The body is usually covered with a firm external
tunic, consisting in part of cellulose, and having two openings, one for the entrance and one for the exit
