tubicolous
living in a self-constructed tube, as a marine worm.
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How to use tubicolous in a sentence
Vestlet, vest′let, n. a tubicolous sea-anemone of genus Cerianthus.
Holothurians were abundant, as were also some large tubicolous Annelids, with very long gelatinous thread-like tentacles.
Cruise of the 'Alert' | R. W. CoppingerIn several tubicolous Peritrichaceae there is some arrangement for closing their tubes.
Some tubicolous worms have their tubes projecting above the surface.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide | Augusta Foote Arnold
British Dictionary definitions for tubicolous
/ (tjuːˈbɪkələs) /
(of certain invertebrate animals) living in a self-constructed tube
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