Definition of Tubeworms

1. Noun. (plural of tubeworm) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tubeworms

1. tubeworm [n] - See also: tubeworm

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tubeworms

tuberosity reduction
tuberous
tuberous begonia
tuberous plant
tuberous root
tuberous sclerosis
tuberous vetch
tubers
tubes
tubeshoulder
tubeshoulders
tubewell
tubework
tubeworks
tubeworm
tubeworms (current term)
tubfast
tubfasts
tubfish
tubfishes
tubful
tubfuls
tubicolae
tubicolar
tubicole
tubicoles
tubicolous
tubifex
tubifexes

Literary usage of Tubeworms

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Kickstart Initiative: Connecting America's Communities to the Information by Delano E. Lewis (1997)
"... the Galapagos Islands to explore the animals, birds, and marine species Charles Darwin wrote about; Baja, California, to examine gray whales, tubeworms, ..."

2. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1899)
"Dr. Matthew summarizes the points of distinction from the Cambrian faunas as follows: "1. Great preponderance of the tubeworms ..."

3. The Leisure Hour edited by William Haig Miller, James Macaulay, William Stevens (1882)
"... believed to be the shells of tubeworms, and picking up weathered-out specimens of corals, brachiopods, and other shells. ..."

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