tubularianadj.n.
/tjuːbjʊˈlɛːrɪən/ Zoology.
A. adj.
Belonging to the Linnæan genus Tubularia, the group Tubulariæ, or the family Tubulariidæ, of gymnoblastic Hydrozoa, in which the polyps are of tubular form, protected by a perisarc, with naked hydranths.
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1856 ‘G. Eliot’ in Jrnls. (1998) vii. 266 G...brought home several varieties of Polyps..—Tubularian, Plumularian and Sertularian.
1859 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. V. 296/2 In the Tubularian Polyp the canal is modified.
1883 Science 1 196/2 The Anthomedusæ (e.g., Margelis), from the tubularian hydroids.
B. n.
A tubularian hydroid.
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1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Tubularian,..one of a family of polypoid acalephs, having simple or branched horny tubes, and terminating above in polyp-like extremities.
1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 247 A Campanularian differs from a Tubularian in three important respects.
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tubularidan adj. and n. /tjuːbjʊˈlærɪdən/ in same sense ( Cent. Dict. 1891).
/tjuːbjʊˈlærɪdən/ in same sense ( Cent. Dict. 1891).This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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