tubicolous

[ too-bik-uh-luhs, tyoo- ]

adjective

1. living in a self-constructed tube, as a marine worm.

tubicolous

/ tjuːˈbɪkələs /

adjective

1. (of certain invertebrate animals) living in a self-constructed tube

Word History and Origins

Origin of tubicolous¹

Fist recorded in 1870–75; tubi- ( def ) + -colous ( def )

Example Sentences

We have an example of such a condition in those worms which live in calcareous tubes, and which are some of those called “tubicolous annelids.”

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Uncinā′ta, a division of marine ch�topod worms—serpulas and other tubicolous worms.—ns.

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Vestlet, vest′let, n. a tubicolous sea-anemone of genus Cerianthus.

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Sedentaria, sed-en-tā′ri-a, n.pl. the tubicolous worms: the sedentary spiders.

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Cornulites, kor-nū-lī′tez, n.pl. a genus of tubicolous annelids.

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