As an anatomical or morphological reference in zoology, tunica has a range of applications to membranous structures in anatomy, including human anatomy.

In one incident detailed in the lawsuit, Ms. McDonald, who is black, asserts that a restaurant manager made crude and graphic racial and anatomical references.

In the corner, Sean Cummins was playing with some walnuts, making some anatomical references to them in the style of the barracks.

He also used an obscene anatomical reference to describe her.

"Mrs. Hudson has always known on which side her scone is buttered," goes one of the few jokes not dependent on a crude alimentary or anatomical reference.

Stella, of course, intended the works as pure abstractions, but in fact they abound with anatomical references.

This book uses, after all, a specialized language mixing anatomical references to the arytenoid and cricothyroid muscles with ardent, mystical metaphors.

The anatomical reference also carries over into the description of cuts of meat from some such animals, e.g. tenderloin or sirloin steak.