[too-nik, tyoo-] 
| 1. | Chiefly British. a coat worn as part of a military or other uniform. |
| 2. | a gownlike outer garment, with or without sleeves and sometimes belted, worn by the ancient Greeks and Romans. |
| 3. | a woman's upper garment, either loose or close-fitting and extending over the skirt to the hips or below. |
| 4. | a garment with a short skirt, worn by women for sports. |
| 5. | Ecclesiastical. a tunicle. |
| 6. | Anatomy, Zoology. any covering or investing membrane or part, as of an organ. |
| 7. | Botany. an integument, as that covering a seed. |
| tu·nic (tōō'nĭk, tyōō'-) n.
[Middle English tunik, from Old French tunique, from Latin tunica, of Phoenician origin; akin to Hebrew kuttōnet, kətōnet, from Central Semitic *kuttān, *kittān; see chiton.] |
| tu·ni·cle (tōō'nĭ-kəl, tyōō'-) n. Ecclesiastical A sleeved outer vestment reaching to the knees, worn over the alb by a subdeacon or sometimes under the dalmatic by a bishop or cardinal. Also called tunic. [Middle English, from Latin tunicula, diminutive of tunica, tunic; see tunic.] |
tunic tu·nic (t&oomacr;'nĭk, ty&oomacr;'-)
n.
A coat or layer enveloping an organ or a part; tunica.