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.

tubifex

/ ˈtjuːbɪˌfɛks /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of tubifex¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of tubifex¹

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