tubulipora

[Lat. tubulus a little tube, and por us a pa age.] Zool. & Palæont .: The type-genus of Tubuliporidæ. Tubes free for a great part of their length; colony attached more or le extensively by its base, the cells radiating from an eccentric point. From the Chalk to the present day. ta-bu-li-por-i-dæ, s . pl . [Modern Lat. tubuli por(a); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -idœ .] Zoology & Palæont .: A family of Cyclostomatous Polyzoa, with two genera, Tubulipora and Alecto, the latter of which appears to have commenced in the Lower Silurian. The tubular cells of the polyzoary are more or le free and disconnected. *tū-bu-lō-sa, s. pl . [Neut. pl. of Modern Latin tubulosus tubular, from Lat. tubulus (q. v.).] Palæontology: A provisional tribe of Zoantharia sclerodermata, established by Milne-Edwards and Haine. Corallum simple or compound, the thece trumpet-shaped, tubular, or pyriform, without tabulæ, and having the septa indicated by mere strie on the inner surface of the wall. Genera two, both Paleozoic. ( Nicholson .) tu-bu-lōse, adj . [Lat. tubulus a small tube.] Resembling a tube or pipe; fistular, tubulous. tū-bu-lous, a. [Lat. tubulus =a little tube.] I. Ordinary Lang .: Resembling a tube or pipe; longitudinally hollow; tubular. "A considerable variety of corals; amongst which are two red sorts; the one most elegantly branched, the other tubulous."-Cook: Third Voyage , bk. ii., ch. viii. I. Botany : [TUBULAR.] tubulous-boiler, subst . The same as TUBULAR BOILER (q. v.).