单词 | tubifex |
释义 | tubifex[ too-buh-feks, tyoo- ] / ˈtu bəˌfɛks, ˈtyu- / noun, plural tu·bi·fex·es, (especially collectively) tu·bi·fex.any common, bottom-dwelling worm of the genus Tubifex, often used as food for aquarium fish. Also called red worm. Origin of tubifex<New Latin (1816); see tubi-, -fex Words nearby tubifextube sock, tube top, tubeworm, tubi-, tubicolous, tubifex, tubiflorous, tubiform, tubing, Tübingen, Tu Bishevat Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for tubifextubifex / (ˈtjuːbɪˌfɛks) / noun plural -fex or -fexesany 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 Origin for tubifexC19: from New Latin, from Latin tubus tube + facere to make, do Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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