tubi-

Word Origin

a combining form representing tube, in compound words:

tubiform.

Origin

< Latin tub(us) tube + -i-

Related Words

tubifex
tubiform

tubi-|tjuːbɪ|combining form of L. tubus tube, in modern scientific terms, chiefly zoological. tubicolar |tjuːˈbɪkələ(r)|, tubicolous |-ˈbɪkələs| adjs. [mod.L. tubicola, f. colĕre to cultivate, inhabit], inhabiting a tube; applied to annelids and rotifers that secrete tubular cases, spiders that spin tubular webs (cf. tubitelar), and molluscs with shelly tubes (cf. tube-shell, tubivalve); so tubicole |ˈtjuːbɪkəʊl| a. = prec.; n. a tubicolar annelid or mollusc. ˈtubicorn [L. cornū horn], n. a hollow-horned ruminant; adj. hollow-horned, as a ruminant; also tubiˈcornous a. tubifacient |-ˈfeɪʃ(ɪ)ənt| a. [L. facient-em making], making a tube for habitation, as a tubicolous annelid, etc. ˈtubifer [L. -fer bearing], an animal bearing a tube, as a tubicolous annelid; so tuˈbiferous |-fərəs| a., bearing a tube or tubes. ˈtubifex [mod.L. (J. B. P. A. de M. de Lamarck Hist. Nat. Animaux sans Vertèbres (1816) III. 224)], a red oligochæte worm of the genus of this name, found in mud at the bottom of rivers or lakes and used as live food for aquarium animals; also attrib. tuˈbificid [mod.L. family name Tubificidæ: see tuberous a.], an aquatic oligochæte worm of the family Tubificidæ; also as adj. tubiflorous |-ˈflɔərəs| a., Bot. [L. flōs, flōr- flower], having tubular flowers or florets, as the division Tubifloræ of composite plants (= tubuliflorus). ˈtubiform a., having the form of a tube; tube-shaped, tubular. tubilingual |-ˈlɪŋgwəl| a. [L. lingua tongue], belonging to the division Tubilingues of passerine birds, having long extensile tubular tongues used for sucking up honey. tubinarial |-ˈnɛərɪəl|, tubinarine |-ˈnɛəraɪn| adjs. [L. nāris nostril], belonging to the order Tubinārēs (Illiger, 1811) of water-birds, comprising the albatrosses and petrels, having nostrils of tubular form. tubiparous |tjuːˈbɪpərəs| a. [-parous], producing a tube; applied to certain glands in tubicolous annelids, supposed to secrete the substance which forms the tube. ˈtubipore |-pɔə(r)| n., a member of the genus Tubipora, family Tubiporidæ, or order Tubiporaceæ, of alcyonarians (the organ-pipe corals), in which each polyp has a tubular corallet opening by a pore; adj. belonging to or having the characters of this genus, family, or order; in quot., containing or formed of fossil tubipores; so ˌtubiporacean |-pɒˈreɪʃiːən|, -poraceous |-pɒˈreɪʃəs| adjs., belonging to the order Tubiporaceæ; tuˈbiporid, a coral of the family Tubiporidæ; tuˈbiporite [-ite¹ 2 a], a fossil tubipore; tuˈbiporoid a. [-oid], resembling or allied to the genus Tubipora; tuˈbiporous a. = tubipore adj. tubitelar |-ˈtiːlə(r)| a. [L. tēla web], belonging to the division Tubitelæ or Tubitelariæ of spiders, which spin tubular webs; so ˌtubiteˈlarian |-tiːˈlɛərɪən| a. = prec.; n. a spider of this division (Cent. Dict. 1891). ˈtubivalve, n. a bivalve mollusc having a shelly tube in addition to the valves of the shell; a tube-shell; adj. having such a tube.1835–6Todd's Cycl. Anat. I. 619/1 A common marine *tubicolar worm.1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. v. 238 The tubicolar Annelids possess neither proboscis nor teeth.1842Brande Dict. Sc. etc., *Tubicoles, Tubicola, the name of an order of Annelidans, comprehending those which live in tubes..; also the name of a family of..Mollusks, including those which have a tubular calcareous sheath in addition to the two shelly valves.1864Webster, Tubicole,..one of an order of annelides most of which live in shelly tubes.1891Cent. Dict., Tubicole, a. and n.1870H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (ed. 2) I. i. i. 6 The *tubicolous Annelids.1881E. R. Lankester in Jrnl. Microsc. Sc. Jan. 123 The proximal region of the stomach..was infested by a remarkable little free swimming, yet tubicolous Rotifer.1842Brande Dict. Sc. etc., *Tubicorns, Tubicornia,..Ruminants comprehending those in which the horns are composed of a horny axis covered with a horny sheath.1891Cent. Dict., Tubicorn,..a. hollow-horned, as a ruminant.1864Webster, *Tubicornous.1891Cent. Dict., *Tubifacient.1899in Syd. Soc. Lex.1842Brande Dict. Sc. etc., *Tubifers, Tubifera, the name given by Lamarck to an order of the class Polypi,..whose surface is..covered with retractile hollow tubes.1860Mayne Expos. Lex., Tubiferus,..bearing tubes: *tubiferous.1952J. Clegg Freshwater Life Brit. Isles xi. 156 *Tubifex worms lay their eggs in oval capsules and breed very rapidly.1972Sci. Amer. Oct. 115/1 Among the more commonly viewed organisms are tubifex worms.1976Daily Tel. 3 Dec. 18 The river is now almost too clean. It has led to a decrease in the tubifex worm population, on which waterfowl feed.1950M. Gordon in E. J. Farris et al. Care & Breeding Lab. Animals xiv. 382 *Tubificids are usually most plentiful about one-half mile downstream from the spot where raw pollution is dumped.1971Nature 26 Feb. 596/1 Tubificid worms..are typical bottom dwelling animals of all fresh-water lakes and reservoirs.1971Oxf. Bk. Invertebrates 114/1 Tubificids will emerge, tail upwards, to undulate their bodies gently in the water for respiratory exchange.1978Nature 17 Aug. 644/2 Chironomid midge larvae and tubificid worms have replaced a previously rich fauna.1888Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 246 A Cyclostomatous Polyzoan,..which with its aggregated calcareous cells presents an appearance not unlike that of a small *tubiflorous flower belonging to a plant of the order Compositae.1745Needham Microsc. Disc. Introd. 6 The Barnacle..a small *tubiform Animal,..adhering in Clusters to Rocks.1880Günther Fishes 57 A pair of small tubiform bones, the turbinals.1891Cent. Dict., *Tubilingual.1882W. A. Forbes in Rep. Challenger Exped., Zool. IV. 64 One branch of this stock has since become greatly modified in the *Tubinarial direction.1895Funk's Stand. Dict., *Tubinarine.1890Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sc. June 186 note, Such thoracic nephridia in other sedentary annelids have been called ‘*tubiparous glands’ by Claparède and others.1800Hatchett in Phil. Trans. XC. 333 In the interstices of the *Tubipore.1846Dana Zooph. iv. (1848) 68 In the Tubipores, the polyps form, by their secretions, parallel tubes.1876Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. xviii. 353 The tubipore cherts and flints of the mountain limestone.1895Funk's Stand. Dict., *Tubiporid.1828Webster, *Tubiporite.1895Funk's Stand. Dict., *Tubiporoid.1848Smart, *Tubiporous, pertaining to, or resembling tubipores.1882Ogilvie, *Tubivalve, an annelid [sic: read mollusc] of the order Tubicolidæ.1891Cent. Dict., Tubivalve n. and a.

tubi- /ˈtju:bi/ combining form.

ORIGIN: from Latin tubus tube: see -i-. Cf. tubo-.

Of, pertaining to, or having a tube or tubular structure.

DERIVATIVE tubicolar /tju:ˈbɪkələ/ adjective (Zoology, now rare) = tubicolous M19.
tubicolous /tju:ˈbɪkələs/ adjective (Zoology) inhabiting a tube, tube-dwelling L19.
tubifex noun (more fully tubifex worm) a red oligochaete (tubicifid) worm of the genus Tubifex, found in mud at the bottom of rivers or lakes and used as live food for aquarium fish M20.
tubificid adjective & noun (Zoology) (a) noun an aquatic oligochaete worm of the family Tubificidae; (b) adjective of or pertaining to (a worm of) this family: M20.
tubiˈflorous adjective (Botany) belonging to the former subfamily Tubiflorae of the composite family, in which some or all the florets are tubular L19.
tubiform adjective having the form of a tube, tube-shaped, tubular M18.
tubipore noun an organ-pipe coral E19.

tubi-
combining form
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin tubus — more at tube
: tube
< tubivalve >
< Tubipora >

词汇	tubi-
词根词缀	Dictionary.com OED SOED Webster tubi- Word Origin 1 a combining form representing tube, in compound words: tubiform. Origin < Latin tub(us) tube + -i- Related Words tubifex tubiform tubi-\|tjuːbɪ\|combining form of L. tubus tube, in modern scientific terms, chiefly zoological. tubicolar \|tjuːˈbɪkələ(r)\|, tubicolous \|-ˈbɪkələs\| adjs. [mod.L. tubicola, f. colĕre to cultivate, inhabit], inhabiting a tube; applied to annelids and rotifers that secrete tubular cases, spiders that spin tubular webs (cf. tubitelar), and molluscs with shelly tubes (cf. tube-shell, tubivalve); so tubicole \|ˈtjuːbɪkəʊl\| a. = prec.; n. a tubicolar annelid or mollusc. ˈtubicorn [L. cornū horn], n. a hollow-horned ruminant; adj. hollow-horned, as a ruminant; also tubiˈcornous a. tubifacient \|-ˈfeɪʃ(ɪ)ənt\| a. [L. facient-em making], making a tube for habitation, as a tubicolous annelid, etc. ˈtubifer [L. -fer bearing], an animal bearing a tube, as a tubicolous annelid; so tuˈbiferous \|-fərəs\| a., bearing a tube or tubes. ˈtubifex [mod.L. (J. B. P. A. de M. de Lamarck Hist. Nat. Animaux sans Vertèbres (1816) III. 224)], a red oligochæte worm of the genus of this name, found in mud at the bottom of rivers or lakes and used as live food for aquarium animals; also attrib. tuˈbificid [mod.L. family name Tubificidæ: see tuberous a.], an aquatic oligochæte worm of the family Tubificidæ; also as adj. tubiflorous \|-ˈflɔərəs\| a., Bot. [L. flōs, flōr- flower], having tubular flowers or florets, as the division Tubifloræ of composite plants (= tubuliflorus). ˈtubiform a., having the form of a tube; tube-shaped, tubular. tubilingual \|-ˈlɪŋgwəl\| a. [L. lingua tongue], belonging to the division Tubilingues of passerine birds, having long extensile tubular tongues used for sucking up honey. tubinarial \|-ˈnɛərɪəl\|, tubinarine \|-ˈnɛəraɪn\| adjs. [L. nāris nostril], belonging to the order Tubinārēs (Illiger, 1811) of water-birds, comprising the albatrosses and petrels, having nostrils of tubular form. tubiparous \|tjuːˈbɪpərəs\| a. [-parous], producing a tube; applied to certain glands in tubicolous annelids, supposed to secrete the substance which forms the tube. ˈtubipore \|-pɔə(r)\| n., a member of the genus Tubipora, family Tubiporidæ, or order Tubiporaceæ, of alcyonarians (the organ-pipe corals), in which each polyp has a tubular corallet opening by a pore; adj. belonging to or having the characters of this genus, family, or order; in quot., containing or formed of fossil tubipores; so ˌtubiporacean \|-pɒˈreɪʃiːən\|, -poraceous \|-pɒˈreɪʃəs\| adjs., belonging to the order Tubiporaceæ; tuˈbiporid, a coral of the family Tubiporidæ; tuˈbiporite [-ite¹ 2 a], a fossil tubipore; tuˈbiporoid a. [-oid], resembling or allied to the genus Tubipora; tuˈbiporous a. = tubipore adj. tubitelar \|-ˈtiːlə(r)\| a. [L. tēla web], belonging to the division Tubitelæ or Tubitelariæ of spiders, which spin tubular webs; so ˌtubiteˈlarian \|-tiːˈlɛərɪən\| a. = prec.; n. a spider of this division (Cent. Dict. 1891). ˈtubivalve, n. a bivalve mollusc having a shelly tube in addition to the valves of the shell; a tube-shell; adj. having such a tube.1835–6Todd's Cycl. Anat. I. 619/1 A common marine tubicolar worm.1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim.* v. 238 The tubicolar Annelids possess neither proboscis nor teeth.1842Brande Dict. Sc. etc., Tubicoles, Tubicola, the name of an order of Annelidans, comprehending those which live in tubes..; also the name of a family of..Mollusks, including those which have a tubular calcareous sheath in addition to the two shelly valves.1864Webster, Tubicole,..one of an order of annelides most of which live in shelly tubes.1891Cent. Dict., Tubicole, a. and n.1870H. Spencer Princ. Psychol.* (ed. 2) I. i. i. 6 The tubicolous Annelids.1881E. R. Lankester in Jrnl. Microsc. Sc.* Jan. 123 The proximal region of the stomach..was infested by a remarkable little free swimming, yet tubicolous Rotifer.1842Brande Dict. Sc. etc., Tubicorns, Tubicornia,..Ruminants comprehending those in which the horns are composed of a horny axis covered with a horny sheath.1891Cent. Dict., Tubicorn,..a.* hollow-horned, as a ruminant.1864Webster, Tubicornous.1891Cent. Dict., Tubifacient.1899in Syd. Soc. Lex.1842Brande Dict. Sc. etc., Tubifers, Tubifera, the name given by Lamarck to an order of the class Polypi,..whose surface is..covered with retractile hollow tubes.1860Mayne Expos. Lex., Tubiferus,..bearing tubes: tubiferous.1952J. Clegg Freshwater Life Brit. Isles xi. 156 Tubifex worms lay their eggs in oval capsules and breed very rapidly.1972Sci. Amer. Oct. 115/1 Among the more commonly viewed organisms are tubifex worms.1976Daily Tel. 3 Dec. 18 The river is now almost too clean. It has led to a decrease in the tubifex worm population, on which waterfowl feed.1950M. Gordon in E. J. Farris et al. Care & Breeding Lab. Animals* xiv. 382 Tubificids are usually most plentiful about one-half mile downstream from the spot where raw pollution is dumped.1971Nature 26 Feb. 596/1 Tubificid worms..are typical bottom dwelling animals of all fresh-water lakes and reservoirs.1971Oxf. Bk. Invertebrates 114/1 Tubificids will emerge, tail upwards, to undulate their bodies gently in the water for respiratory exchange.1978Nature 17 Aug. 644/2 Chironomid midge larvae and tubificid worms have replaced a previously rich fauna.1888Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life* 246 A Cyclostomatous Polyzoan,..which with its aggregated calcareous cells presents an appearance not unlike that of a small tubiflorous flower belonging to a plant of the order Compositae.1745Needham Microsc. Disc.* Introd. 6 The Barnacle..a small tubiform Animal,..adhering in Clusters to Rocks.1880Günther Fishes* 57 A pair of small tubiform bones, the turbinals.1891Cent. Dict., Tubilingual.1882W. A. Forbes in Rep. Challenger Exped., Zool.* IV. 64 One branch of this stock has since become greatly modified in the Tubinarial direction.1895Funk's Stand. Dict., Tubinarine.1890Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sc. June 186 note, Such thoracic nephridia in other sedentary annelids have been called ‘tubiparous glands’ by Claparède and others.1800Hatchett in Phil. Trans.* XC. 333 In the interstices of the Tubipore.1846Dana Zooph.* iv. (1848) 68 In the Tubipores, the polyps form, by their secretions, parallel tubes.1876Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. xviii. 353 The tubipore cherts and flints of the mountain limestone.1895Funk's Stand. Dict., Tubiporid.1828Webster, Tubiporite.1895Funk's Stand. Dict., Tubiporoid.1848Smart, Tubiporous, pertaining to, or resembling tubipores.1882Ogilvie, Tubivalve, an annelid [sic: read* mollusc] of the order Tubicolidæ.1891Cent. Dict., Tubivalve n. and a. tubi- /ˈtju:bi/ combining form. ORIGIN: from Latin tubus tube: see -i-. Cf. tubo-. Of, pertaining to, or having a tube or tubular structure. DERIVATIVE tubicolar /tju:ˈbɪkələ/ adjective (Zoology, now rare) = tubicolous M19. tubicolous /tju:ˈbɪkələs/ adjective (Zoology) inhabiting a tube, tube-dwelling L19. tubifex noun (more fully tubifex worm) a red oligochaete (tubicifid) worm of the genus Tubifex, found in mud at the bottom of rivers or lakes and used as live food for aquarium fish M20. tubificid adjective & noun (Zoology) (a) noun an aquatic oligochaete worm of the family Tubificidae; (b) adjective of or pertaining to (a worm of) this family: M20. tubiˈflorous adjective (Botany) belonging to the former subfamily Tubiflorae of the composite family, in which some or all the florets are tubular L19. tubiform adjective having the form of a tube, tube-shaped, tubular M18. tubipore noun an organ-pipe coral E19. tubi- combining form Etymology: New Latin, from Latin tubus — more at tube : tube < tubivalve > < Tubipora >
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