Definition of tubicolous

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Tubicolous (a.) Inhabiting a tube; as, tubicolous worms..

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Torus :: Torus (n.) One of the ventral parapodia of tubicolous annelids. It usually has the form of an oblong thickening or elevation of the integument with rows of uncini or hooks along the center. See Illust. under Tubicolae.
Sabella :: Sabella (n.) A genus of tubicolous annelids having a circle of plumose gills around the head.
Serpula :: Serpula (n.) Any one of numerous species of tubicolous annelids of the genus Serpula and allied genera of the family Serpulidae. They secrete a calcareous tube, which is usually irregularly contorted, but is sometimes spirally coiled. The worm has a wreath of plumelike and often bright-colored gills around its head, and usually an operculum to close the aperture of its tube when it retracts..
Tubicolar :: Tubicolar (a.) Tubicolous.
Uncinus :: Uncinus (n.) One of the peculiar minute chitinous hooks found in large numbers in the tori of tubicolous annelids belonging to the Uncinata.
Tubicolous :: Tubicolous (a.) Inhabiting a tube; as, tubicolous worms..
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