TUBIFEX

Meaning of TUBIFEX in English

n. any red annelid worm of the genus Tubifex, found in mud at the bottom of rivers and lakes and used as food for aquarium fish.

[ mod.L f. L tubus tube + -fex f. facere make ]

Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012

TUBIFEX — noun see: ~ worm
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TUBIFEX — ˈt(y)übəˌfeks noun Etymology: New Latin Tubific-, Tubifex, from tubi- + Latin -fic-, -fex (from facere to make, do) — more …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TUBIFEX — /tooh"beuh feks', tyooh"-/ , n. , pl. tubifexes , ( esp. collectively ) tubifex . any common, bottom-dwelling worm of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TUBIFEX — see tubifex worm
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TUBIFEX — [ 'tju:bɪfɛks ] ■ noun a small red annelid worm that lives in fresh water, partly buried in the mud. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
TUBIFEX — [tu.bi.fex] n [NL Tubific-, Tubifex, fr. L tubus tube + facere to make--more at do] (1948): any of a genus …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TUBIFEX — tubifex BrE AmE ˈtjuːb ɪ feks ⇨ˈtʃuːb-, § -ə- AmE ˈtuːb- ˈtjuːb- ▷ tubifex|es ɪz əz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TUBIFEX — n. any red annelid worm of the genus Tubifex, found in mud at the bottom of rivers and lakes and …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TUBIFEX — n. any red annelid worm of the genus Tubifex, found in mud at the bottom of rivers and lakes and …
Oxford English vocab
TUBIFEX TUBIFEX — tubifex
Animal names in Latin and English vocab
TUBIFEX TUBIFEX — Трубочник обыкновенный
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
TUBIFEX WORM — noun see: do Date: 1948 any of a genus ( Tubifex ) of slender reddish tubificid worms that live in …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TUBIFEX WORM — noun Etymology: New Latin Tubific-, Tubifex, from Latin tubus tube + facere to make — more at do Date: 1948 …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TUBIFICID — noun Etymology: New Latin Tubificidae, from Tubific-, Tubifex Date: 1950 any of a family (Tubificidae) of aquatic oligochaetes including the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BLOODWORM — noun Date: 1714 any of various reddish annelid worms (as of genera Glycera or Tubifex ) often used as bait, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TUBIFICIDAE — ˌt(y)übəˈfisəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin Tubific-, Tubifex, type genus + -idae : a nearly cosmopolitan family of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RED WORM — noun 1. : bloodworm ; especially : a small reddish aquatic oligochaete worm (genus Tubifex ) that is often fed …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SLUDGEWORM — /sluj"werrm'/ , n. a small freshwater worm, Tubifex tubifex, often inhabiting sewage sludge and the muddy bottoms of lakes, rivers, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TUBIFICID — noun Etymology: New Latin Tubificidae, from Tubific-, Tubifex Date: 1950 : any of a family (Tubificidae) of aquatic oligochaetes including …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BLOODWORM — noun Date: 1714 1. : any of various reddish annelid worms (as of genera Glycera or Tubifex ) often used …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BLOODWORM — ■ noun 1》 the bright red aquatic larva of a midge. 2》 another term for tubifex .
Concise Oxford English vocab
TUBIFICID — [tu.bi.fi.cid] n [NL Tubificidae, fr. Tubific-, Tubifex] (1950): any of a family (Tubificidae) of aquatic oligochaetes including the tubifex worms …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BLOODWORM — [blood.worm] n (1714) 1: any of various reddish annelid worms (as of genera Glycera or Tubifex) often used as bait …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
INDICATOR SPECIES — organismoften a microorganism or a plantthat serves as a measure of the environmental conditions that exist in a given locale. …
Britannica English vocabulary
BLOODWORM — any of certain bright red, segmented, aquatic worms of the phylum Annelida. Included are worms of the genus Tubifex, also …
Britannica English vocabulary
ANNELID
Britannica English vocabulary
ACTINOMYXIDIAN — also called Actinosporean, any parasitic microorganism of the class Actinomyxidia (Actinosporea), phylum Myxosporidia (Myxospora). It inhabits the alimentary canal of …
Britannica English vocabulary
PRONE — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES accident prone be prone to injury (= often get injuries ) ▪ She was rather …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LARVA — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES insect larvae (= young insects with soft bodies and no wings ) ▪ Fish love …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ТРУБОЧНИК ОБЫКНОВЕННЫЙ — Tubifex tubifex
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