TUBULARIAN

Noun

tubularian (plural tubularians)

(zoology) Any hydroid belonging to the suborder Tubularida.

Adjective

tubularian (not comparable)

Hydriform in a tubular shape with wide disc.

Source: Wiktionary


Tu`bu*la"ri*an, n. (Zool.)

Definition: Any hydroid belonging to the suborder Tubularida.

Note: These hydroids usually form tufts of delicate tubes, and both gonophores and hydranths are naked. The gonophores of many of the species become free jellyfishes; those of other species remain permanently attached as medusoid buds or sporosacs. See Illust. under Gonosome, and Cymnoblastea.

Tu`bu*la"ri*an, a. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Of or pertaining to the tubularians.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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