| tubicolae | <zoology> A division of annelids including those which construct, and habitually live in, tubes. The head or anterior segments usually bear gills and cirri. Synonym: Sedentaria, and Capitibranchiata. See Serpula, and Sabella. Origin: L. Tubus a tube + colere to inhabit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| tubicolar | <zoology> Tubicolous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tubicole | <zoology> One of the Tubicolae. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tubicolous | <zoology> Inhabiting a tube; as, tubicolous worms. See: Tubicolae. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tubicorn | <zoology> Any ruminant having horns composed of a bony axis covered with a horny sheath; a hollow-horned ruminant. Origin: L. Tubus tube + cornu horn: cf. F. Tubicorne. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tubinares | <ornithology> A tribe of sea birds comprising the petrels, shearwaters, albatrosses, hagdons, and allied birds having tubular horny nostrils. Origin: NL, fr. L. Tubus tube + nares the nostrils. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Tubinger perimeter | A bowl perimeter in which a static stimulus was increased in intensity until detected. Origin: Tubingen, German city (05 Mar 2000) |
| tubipora | <zoology> A genus of halcyonoids in which the skeleton, or coral (called organ-pipe coral), consists of a mass of parallel cylindrical tubes united at intervals by transverse plates. These corals are usually red or purple and form large masses. They are natives of the tropical parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Origin: NL, from L. Tubus tube + porus passage, pore. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tubipore | <zoology> Any species of the genus Tubipora. Origin: Cf. F. Tubipore. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tubiporite | <paleontology> Any fossil coral of the genus Syringopora consisting of a cluster of upright tubes united together by small transverse tubules. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tubivalve | <zoology> A shell or tube formed by an annelid, as a serpula. See: Tube, Valve. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |