Definition of Tubificids

1. tubificid [n] - See also: tubificid

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tubificids

tubfast
tubfasts
tubfish
tubfishes
tubful
tubfuls
tubicolae
tubicolar
tubicole
tubicoles
tubicolous
tubifex
tubifexes
tubificid
tubificids (current term)
tubiform
tubing
tubings
tubipora
tubipore
tubipores
tubiporite
tubiporites
tubist
tubists
tubivalve
tubivalves
tubless

Literary usage of Tubificids

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

1. Biology and Management of the Floodwater Ecosystem in Rice Fields by Pierre A. Roger (1996)
"Field observations of lower weed density in plots where tubificids were abundant (Kikuchi et al 1975) were confirmed by in vitro experiments showing that ..."

2. Efficiency of Nitrogen Fertilizers for Rice: Proceedings of the Meeting of by International Rice Research Institute (1987)
"Furthermore, accumulations of total C and N in the upper soil, which occur in the presence of tubificids, presumably are derived from organic constituents ..."

3. Wetland Soils: Characterization, Classification, and Utilization by International Rice Research Institute, Philippines Bureau of Soils (1985)
"Among them, tubificids are paid special attention because they are able to ... Kikuchi and Kurihara (12) recognized tubificids as weed suppressors as they ..."

4. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"Small specimens like tubificids and enchytraeids may be conveniently fixed on a glass plate with the aid of square-edged toothpicks which have been soaked ..."

5. A Manual of the Common Invertebrate Animals: Exclusive of Insects by Henry Sherring Pratt (1916)
"... have external gills (a few naids and tubificids). The head is small and consists of the prostomium, which is a small projection in front of the mouth, ..."

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