tubifex

[ too-buh-feks, tyoo- ]

noun,plural tu·bi·fex·es, (especially collectively) tu·bi·fex.
  1. any common, bottom-dwelling worm of the genus Tubifex, often used as food for aquarium fish.

Origin of tubifex

1
<New Latin (1816); see tubi-, -fex

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British Dictionary definitions for tubifex

tubifex

/ (ˈtjuːbɪˌfɛks) /


nounplural -fex or -fexes
  1. any small reddish freshwater oligochaete worm of the genus Tubifex; it characteristically lives in a tube in sand and is used as food for aquarium fish

Origin of tubifex

1
C19: from New Latin, from Latin tubus tube + facere to make, do

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