TUBULARIAN
Tu`bu*la"ri*an, n. (Zool.)
Defn: Any hydroid belonging to the suborder Tubularida.
Note: These hydroids usually form tufts of delicate tubes, and both gonophores and hydranths are naked. The gonophores of many of the species become free jellyfishes; those of other species remain permanently attached as medusoid buds or sporosacs. See Illust. under Gonosome, and Cymnoblastea.
TUBULARIAN
Tu`bu*la"ri*an, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the tubularians.
TUBULARIDA
Tu"bu*lar`i*da, n. pl. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An extensive division of Hydroidea; the tubularians; — called also Athecata, Gymnoblastea, and Tubulariæ.
TUBULATE
Tu"bu*late, a. Etym: [L. tubulatus. See Tubular.]
Defn: Tubular; tubulated; tubulous.
TUBULATED
Tu"bu*la`ted, a.