Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having the form of a small tube or tubule; tubular.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Having the form of a small tube.

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  • adjective Having the form of a small tube, or tubule.

Etymologies

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Compare French tubuliforme.

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Examples

  • Meta menardi, which live in dark, humid places ranging from northern Europe to Korea, produce tear-shaped egg sacs that hang from cave ceilings by a short stalk made of tubuliform silk.

    Wired Top Stories Adam Mann 2012

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