tubuliporoid (tu"buliporoid)

pore + -oid.] Resembling, characteristic of, or pertaining to the Tubuliporidæ. Tubulosa (tū-bū-lō ́sä), n. pl. [NL., neut. pl. of * tubulosus, tubulose: see tubulose, tubulous.] A group of Paleozoic corals of doubtful character, named by Edwards and Haime for such forms as Aulopora and Pyrgia. They have compound or simple corallum (in the former case the corallites united by branches and creeping cœnenchyme), tubular or pyriform thecæ, rudimentary septa, and no tabulæ. tubulous.] Tubular or tubuliform; fistulous. tubulose (tū'bū-lōs), a. [ Specifically- (a) Of or pertaining to the Tubulosa. (b) In entom., noting the lingua or tongue when it is very long, tubular, and capable of inflation, but without any terminal orifice, so that liquids cannot be sucked through it, as in the bees. (c) In bot., tubular. tubulous (tū'bū-lus), a. [ buleure.] In chem., a short open tube at the top of a retort, or in a receiver or bell-jar. tubulus (tū ́bū-lus), n.; pl. tubuli (-lī). [NL.,