combining form of mod.L. tubulus TUBULE, in several scientific terms. Tubulibranch, Tubulibranchian Zool., sb. a member of the Tubulibranchiata, branchiate gastropod mollusks with tubular shells, in Cuvier’s classification; adj. = next. Tubulibranchiate, adj. belonging to the Tubulibranchiata; sb. = prec. Tubulicole, Zool. [L. -cola inhabitant], sb. a member of the Tubulicolæ in Cuvier’s classification, a tubularian; adj. inhabiting a tubule; belonging to the Tubulicolæ. Tubulidentate a., Zool. [L. dentātus toothed], belonging to the Tubulidentāta, a group of edentates having compound teeth traversed by parallel vertical tubules. Tubuliferous a., Nat. Hist. [-FEROUS], bearing tubules; spec. having a tubular ovipositor, as the females of certain insects. Tubulifloral, -florous adjs., Bot. [L. flōs, flōr-em flower], belonging to the division Tubulifloræ of Composite plants, having either all the florets, or those of the disk, tubular. Tubuliform a., having the form of a tubule, tubular. Tubulipore, Zool. [L. porus PORE], a polyzoan of the genus Tubulipora or family Tubuliporidæ, having tubular calcareous calicles; also Tubuliporid (Funk’s Stand. Dict., 1895). Tubuliporoid a. [see -OID], resembling, or having the characters of, the family Tubuliporidæ (Cent. Dict., 1891).
1855. T. Williams, in Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. II. XVI. 408. The two preceding *Tubulibranchs. Ibid., 407. The *Tubulibranchiate genera.
1842. Brande, Dict. Sc., etc., *Tubulibranchians…. *Tubulicoles, a name applied by Cuvier to a family of Polypes.
1822. J. Parkinson, Outl. Oryctol., 40. With *tubuliferous lobes.
1852. Zoologist, X. 3405. They were certainly tubuliferous and not merely membranous appendages.
1882. M. T. Masters, in Jrnl. Bot., XI. 39. The *Tubulifloral division of the Composites.
1891. Cent. Dict., *Tubuliflorous.
1796. Kirwan, Elem. Min. (ed. 2), I. 30. *Tubuliform, slender cylinders.
1877. Huxley, Anat. Inv. Anim., vii. 381. Glands … divisible into five different kinds (aciniform, ampullate, aggregate, tubuliform, and tuberous).
1864. Webster, *Tubulipore.
