Tubicolidæ (tubikolide)

pl. [NL., valves: same as Gastrochænidæ. See tube - shell. -2. Same as Tubicolæ, 2 ( b ). tubicolous (tū-bik'ō-lus), a. [ IMG:content-1024.png:[merged small][graphic][merged small] ler; secreting tubipore (tūʼbi-pōr), a . and n. [L. tub us , tube, a tubular case, as an annelid or a rotifer; hav See Tubicolæ, tube - shell, and cuts under Protula ing a tubular or fistulous shell, as a mollusk. and Serpula. - Tubicolous rotifers, those wheel animalcules, as distinguished from the free forms, which are inclosed in gelatinous cases which they secrete. The elongated body ends behind in an adhesive disk, by which the animalcules, singly or several together, are fixed. The foot or peduncle, by which they are attached, is a proce of the neural side of the body, and thus differs from the foot of most free rotifers, which is a median proce from the opposite side of the body, usually seg mented and ending in a pair of movable stylets. tubicorn (tū'bi-kôrn), a. and n. [L. tub us, tube, + cornu, horn.] I. a. Hollow-horned, as a ruminant; cavicorn. II. n. A tubicorn or cavicorn ruminant. Tub i corni a (tū-bi-kor'ni-ä), n. pl. [NL.: see