transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtü-bə-ˌfeks-, ˈtyü- ]
noun
Etymology: New Latin Tubific-, Tubifex, from Latin tubus tube + facere to make — more at do
Date: 1948
: any of a genus ( Tubifex ) of slender reddish tubificid worms that live in tubes in fresh or brackish water, are widely used as food for aquarium fish, and serve as a host for the protozoan causing whirling disease in fish — called also tubifex