Definition of tubicolous in English:

tubicolous

adjectivetjuːˈbɪkələsˌt(y)o͞oˈbikələs

Zoology

(of a marine worm) living in a tube.
Example sentencesExamples
- Thus some shallow water marine annelid worms contain considerable quantities of porphyrins in their tissues, but are tubicolous or burrowing in habit.
- Spirorbis borealis, another benthic, tubicolous polychaete, releases its larvae at the first and third quarters of the moon.
- In filter-feeding tubicolous polychaetes the buccal cavity is not eversible and there is no proboscis.
- In this regard their mode of life may have been quite similar to fossil and recent species of tubicolous polychaete worms, such as serpulids.

Definition of tubicolous in US English:

tubicolous

adjectiveˌt(y)o͞oˈbikələs

Zoology

(of a marine worm) living in a tube.
Example sentencesExamples
- In filter-feeding tubicolous polychaetes the buccal cavity is not eversible and there is no proboscis.
- In this regard their mode of life may have been quite similar to fossil and recent species of tubicolous polychaete worms, such as serpulids.
- Spirorbis borealis, another benthic, tubicolous polychaete, releases its larvae at the first and third quarters of the moon.
- Thus some shallow water marine annelid worms contain considerable quantities of porphyrins in their tissues, but are tubicolous or burrowing in habit.

单词	tubicolous
释义	Definition of tubicolous in English: tubicolous adjectivetjuːˈbɪkələsˌt(y)o͞oˈbikələs Zoology (of a marine worm) living in a tube. Example sentencesExamples Thus some shallow water marine annelid worms contain considerable quantities of porphyrins in their tissues, but are tubicolous or burrowing in habit. Spirorbis borealis, another benthic, tubicolous polychaete, releases its larvae at the first and third quarters of the moon. In filter-feeding tubicolous polychaetes the buccal cavity is not eversible and there is no proboscis. In this regard their mode of life may have been quite similar to fossil and recent species of tubicolous polychaete worms, such as serpulids. Definition of tubicolous in US English: tubicolous adjectiveˌt(y)o͞oˈbikələs Zoology (of a marine worm) living in a tube. Example sentencesExamples In filter-feeding tubicolous polychaetes the buccal cavity is not eversible and there is no proboscis. In this regard their mode of life may have been quite similar to fossil and recent species of tubicolous polychaete worms, such as serpulids. Spirorbis borealis, another benthic, tubicolous polychaete, releases its larvae at the first and third quarters of the moon. Thus some shallow water marine annelid worms contain considerable quantities of porphyrins in their tissues, but are tubicolous or burrowing in habit.
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