tubicorn

[Lat. tub us a tube, and cornu = a horn.] Zool .: A ruminant quadruped, having horns composed of a horny axis inclosed within a sheath of the same material. *tu-bif-er-a, s . pl . [Lat. tub us =a tube, and fero =to bear.] Zoology : The fourth order of Polypi aria, in the cla ification of Lamarck. Now approximately the same as Alcyonide.