TUBIFEX

Meaning of TUBIFEX in English

[tu.bi.fex] n [NL Tubific-, Tubifex, fr. L tubus tube + facere to make--more at do] (1948): any of a genus (Tubifex) of slender reddish oligochaete worms that live in tubes in fresh or brackish water and are widely used as food for aquarium fish

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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 — 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 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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
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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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