单词 | tubicolar |
释义 | > as lemmastubicolar tubicolar adj. Brit. /tjuːˈbɪkələ/ , /tʃuːˈbɪkələ/ , U.S. /t(j)uˈbɪkələr/ [modern Latin tubicola, < colĕre to cultivate, inhabit] inhabiting a tube; applied to annelids and rotifers that secrete tubular cases, spiders that spin tubular webs (cf. tubitelar adj.), and molluscs with shelly tubes (cf. tube-shell n. at tube n. Compounds 2, tubivalve).ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habitat > [adjective] > relating to fauna > relating to particular types of > that inhabit tubular environments tubicolar1835 tubicolous1870 tubifacient1891 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 619/1 A common marine tubicolar worm. 1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals v. 238 The tubicolar Annelids possess neither proboscis nor teeth. < as lemmas |
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