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tubicolous
[ too-bik-uh-luhs, tyoo- ]
tubicolous
/ tjuːˈbɪkələs /
adjective
- (of certain invertebrate animals) living in a self-constructed tube
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tubicolous1
Fist recorded in 1870–75; tubi- ( def ) + -colous ( def )
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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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