TUBULARIA


Meaning of TUBULARIA in English

ˌt(y)übyəˈla(a)rēə noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin tubulus tubule, tube + New Latin -aria

1. capitalized : a genus (the type of the family Tubulariidae) of anthomedusan hydroids having hydranths with two circles of tentacles at the summits of long, slender usually simple stems and small adelocodonic gonophores that cluster at the bases of the outer tentacles

2. -s : any hydroid of the genus Tubularia or sometimes of the family Tubulariidae

• tu·bu·lar·i·an | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|la(a)rēən adjective or noun

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