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tubifex
tu·bi·fex T0401200 (to͞o′bə-fĕks′, tyo͞o′-)n. pl. tubifex or tu·bi·fex·es Any of various small slender reddish freshwater worms of the genus Tubifex, often used as food for tropical aquarium fish.
[New Latin Tubifex, genus name : Latin tubus, tube + Latin -fex, maker; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.]tubifex (ˈtjuːbɪˌfɛks) n, pl -fex or -fexes (Animals) any small reddish freshwater oligochaete worm of the genus Tubifex; it characteristically lives in a tube in sand and is used as food for aquarium fish[C19: from New Latin, from Latin tubus tube + facere to make, do]tu•bi•fex (ˈtu bəˌfɛks, ˈtyu-)
n., pl. -fex•es, (esp. collectively) -fex. any small bottom-dwelling annelid worm of the genus Tubifex, often used as food for aquarium fish. [< New Latin (1816); see tube, -i-, -fex] |