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tube foot

–noun
one of numerous small, tubular processes on the ventral body surface of most echinoderms, used for locomotion and grasping.

Origin:
1885–90
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tube foot  
One of the numerous external, fluid-filled muscular tubes of echinoderms, such as the starfish or sea urchin, used for locomotion, respiration, and grasping food or prey.
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