Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various small slender reddish freshwater worms of the genus Tubifex, often used as food for tropical aquarium fish.
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- noun Any member of the
genus Tubifex oftubificid annelids .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Speaking about Al, my fish, Spaghetti Pizza is having fun eating tubifex worms.
literature-y characters freakymandy 2004
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Rates of whirling disease infection are related to water temperature and to the abundance of the intermediate host, a thread-like worm, Tubifex tubifex.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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Rates of whirling disease infection are related to water temperature and to the abundance of the intermediate host, a thread-like worm, Tubifex tubifex.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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Rates of whirling disease infection are related to water temperature and to the abundance of the intermediate host, a thread-like worm, Tubifex tubifex.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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Rates of whirling disease infection are related to water temperature and to the abundance of the intermediate host, a thread-like worm, Tubifex tubifex.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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When the fish dies, tubifex worms consume fragments, ingesting spores and completing the life cycle.
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As they grow, you can probably feed them live tubifex worms or red worms which are also sold at most aquarium stores.
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The parasite requires two hosts, tubifex worms and trout, and two forms of spores to complete its life cycle.
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It looked like they could be tubifex worms, but I haven't put any live tubifex worms in the tank for a couple years!
Ask MetaFilter Drasher 2009
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Are you sure the worms you found are tubifex worms and not some sort of parasite?
Ask MetaFilter Drasher 2009
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