tubularian (tubularian)

and n. [ size; 2, single hydranth, enlarged; 1, group of polypites, half natural a, mouth, surrounded by tentacles; o, ovaries. II. n. A member of the Tubular iæ . The tubularian polyps form an extensive series, by some authors divided into many families. Some of them resemble slender-stemmed composite flowers, as a dandelion, for example. In the usual forms the hydranth is flower-like and borne upon the end of a slender stalk (hydrocaul), several of which may unite below into a root-like part (hydrorhiza). The hydranth bears the gonophores upon stalks (blastostyles); these may be permanently attached (sporosacs), or may become detached off as free medusoids. Both hydranths and gonophores are naked (gymnoblastic or a thecate). tubular i dan (tū-bū-lar'i-dan), a. and n. as tubularian. Same of tubulibranchiatus: see tubulibranchiate.] tubulibranchiate.] In Cuvier's cla ification, the seventh order of gastropods, having a more or le irregularly tubular shell, and consisting of 3 genera- Vermetus, Magilus, and Siliqua ria: an artificial group. See cuts under the generic names. tubulibranchiate (tū"bū-li-brang'ki-āt), a. and n. [NL. tubulibranchiatus, larians. tubulicole (tūʼbū-li-kōl), a. and n. [ bulicola, inhabiting a tube, II. n. A polyp of the group Tubulicolæ . Tubulidentata (tū"bū-li-den-tā'tä), n. pl . [NL., neut. pl. of * tubulidentatus : see tubuliden tate.] One of the groups of the Entomopha ga , or insectivorous Edenta ta , represented by the aardvark, or Cape of South Africa, Orycteropus cа pens is. They furnish the only instance known among mammals of truly compound teeth, these organs being composed of bundles of parallel upright denticles, so that their substance is traversed by a number of parallel vertical canals. See also cut under tubulidentate (tū"bū-li-den'tāt), a . [ tubulidentatus , tubulus , a tube, + dentatus , toothed: see dentate .] Having compound teeth composed of tubular bundles of denticles; of or pertaining to the Tubulidentata . IMG:content-1028.png:[blocks in formation] tub us liferous.] 1. In Latreille's system, the second tribe of hymenopterous insects, including the families Proctotrupii and Chrysidides, by MacLeay and West wood restricted to the family Chrysididæ: opposed to Securifera.-2. A stirps of the order Thy san opter a, including the genus Phlœothrips. Haliday, 1836.