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单词 tubifex
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
tu•bi•fex  (to̅o̅bə feks′, tyo̅o̅-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -fex•es, (esp. collectively) -fex. 
  1. Invertebratesany common, bottom-dwelling worm of the genus Tubifex, often used as food for aquarium fish. Also called red worm. 
  • Neo-Latin (1816); see tubi-, -fex

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
tubifex /ˈtjuːbɪˌfɛks/ n ( pl -fex, -fexes)
  1. any 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
Etymology: 19th Century: from New Latin, from Latin tubus tube + facere to make, do
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