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

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

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Holothurians were abundant, as were also some large Tubicolous Annelids, with very long gelatinous thread-like tentacles.

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In several tubicolous Peritrichaceae there is some arrangement for closing their tubes.

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Some tubicolous worms have their tubes projecting above the surface.

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