tubicolous

[ too-bik-uh-luhs, tyoo- ]

adjective
  1. living in a self-constructed tube, as a marine worm.

Origin of tubicolous

1
Fist recorded in 1870–75; tubi- + -colous

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British Dictionary definitions for tubicolous

tubicolous

/ (tjuːˈbɪkələs) /


adjective
  1. (of certain invertebrate animals) living in a self-constructed tube

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