tubicolous

American  

[too-bik-uh-luhs, tyoo-] / tuˈbɪk ə ləs, tyu- /

adjective

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

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tubicolous British  

/ tjuːˈbɪkələs /

adjective

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

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Etymology

Origin of tubicolous

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

Example Sentences

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

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

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

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

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

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

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

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Leaving out of consideration the tubicolous annelidæ, the mussels and stone-boring molluscs, the weaving caterpillars, and finally spiders, even the non-social hymenoptera present, among many insects, examples of a very skilful adaptation of materials.

From Anarchism A Criticism and History of the Anarchist Theory by Zenker, Ernst Viktor