Adjacent Words
TubicolarTubicole
Tubicolous
Tubicorn
Tubicornous
TUBIENI
tubifex
tubifex worm
tubificid
tubiform
Tubinares
tubing
Tubipore
Tubiporite
tubist
Tubivalve
tublike
Tubman
Tubman, Harriet
Tubmen
tubocurarine
Tubuai Islands
Tubular
Tubular boiler
Tubular breathing
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Tubipora Tu*bip"o*ra, n. [NL., from L. tubus tube + porus passage, pore.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of halcyonoids in which the skeleton, or coral (called organ-pipe coral), consists of a mass of parallel cylindrical tubes united at intervals by transverse plates. These corals are usually red or purple and form large masses. They are natives of the tropical parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
