2. (Bot.) Consisting of, or bearing, tubers; resembling a tuber.
— Tu"ber*ous*ness, n.
Tube-shell
(Tube"-shell`) n. (Zoöl.) Any bivalve mollusk which secretes a shelly tube around its siphon,
as the watering-shell.
Tubeworm
(Tube"worm`) n. (Zoöl.) Any annelid which constructs a tube; one of the Tubicolæ.
Tubfish
(Tub"fish`) n. (Zoöl.) The sapphirine gurnard See Illust. under Gurnard. [Prov. Eng.]
Tubful
(Tub"ful) n.; pl. Tubfuls As much as a tub will hold; enough to fill a tub.
Tubicinate
(Tu*bic"i*nate) v. i. [L. tubicen trumpeter.] To blow a trumpet.
Tubicolæ
(||Tu*bic"o*læ) n. pl. [L. tubus a tube + colere to inhabit.] (Zoöl.) A division of annelids including
those which construct, and habitually live in, tubes. The head or anterior segments usually bear gills
and cirri. Called also Sedentaria, and Capitibranchiata. See Serpula, and Sabella.
Tubicolar
(Tu*bic"o*lar) a. (Zoöl.) Tubicolous.
Tubicole
(Tu"bi*cole) n. (Zoöl.) One of the Tubicolæ.
Tubicolous
(Tu*bic"o*lous) a. [See Tubicolæ.] (Zoöl.) Inhabiting a tube; as, tubicolous worms.
Tubicorn
(Tu"bi*corn) n. [L. tubus tube + cornu horn: cf. F. tubicorne.] (Zoöl.) Any ruminant having
horns composed of a bony axis covered with a horny sheath; a hollow-horned ruminant.
Tubicornous
(Tu"bi*corn`ous) a. Having hollow horns.
Tubiform
(Tu"bi*form) a. Having the form of a tube; tubeform. "Tubiform cells." Carpenter.
Tubinares
(Tu`bi*na"res) n. pl. [NL., fr. L. tubus tube + nares the nostrils.] (Zoöl.) A tribe of sea birds
comprising the petrels, shearwaters, albatrosses, hagdons, and allied birds having tubular horny nostrils.
Tubing
(Tub"ing) n.
1. The act of making tubes.
2. A series of tubes; tubes, collectively; a length or piece of a tube; material for tubes; as, leather tubing.
Tubipora
(||Tu*bip"o*ra) n. [NL., from L. tubus tube + porus passage, pore.] (Zoöl.) 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.
Tubipore
(Tu"bi*pore) n. [Cf. F. tubipore.] (Zoöl.) Any species of the genus Tubipora.
Tubiporite
(Tu"bi*po*rite) n. (Paleon.) Any fossil coral of the genus Syringopora consisting of a cluster
of upright tubes united together by small transverse tubules.
Tubivalve
(Tu"bi*valve) n. [See Tube, Valve.] (Zoöl.) A shell or tube formed by an annelid, as a serpula.
Tubman
(Tub"man) n.; pl. Tubmen (Eng. Law) One of the two most experienced barristers in the
Court of Exchequer. Cf. Postman, 2.
