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单词 tubifex
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Definition of tubifex in English:

tubifex

nounˈtjuːbɪfɛksˈt(y)o͞obəˌfeks
  • A small red annelid worm that lives in fresh water, partly buried in the mud.

    颤蚓。亦称BLOODWORM

    Genus Tubifex, family Tubificidae, class Oligochaeta

    Also called bloodworm
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The food was a mixture of commercial tropical fish food, commercial guinea pig chow, freeze-dried tubifex worms, finely sifted silt, and puppy vitamins.
    • Artificial plants will suffice (unless you intend to breed your fish), but the glowlight tetra finds that real plants are a delicacy along with its usual fare of tropical flake food, tubifex worms, and brine shrimp.
    • When T. tubifex was exposed to soil contaminated with mixtures PCBs and other organic pollutants there was a decrease in reproduction and development.

Origin

Modern Latin, from Latin tubus 'tube' + -fex from facere 'make'.

Definition of tubifex in US English:

tubifex

nounˈt(y)o͞obəˌfeks
  • A small red annelid worm that lives in fresh water, partly buried in the mud.

    颤蚓。亦称BLOODWORM

    Genus Tubifex, family Tubificidae, class Oligochaeta

    Also called bloodworm
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Artificial plants will suffice (unless you intend to breed your fish), but the glowlight tetra finds that real plants are a delicacy along with its usual fare of tropical flake food, tubifex worms, and brine shrimp.
    • The food was a mixture of commercial tropical fish food, commercial guinea pig chow, freeze-dried tubifex worms, finely sifted silt, and puppy vitamins.
    • When T. tubifex was exposed to soil contaminated with mixtures PCBs and other organic pollutants there was a decrease in reproduction and development.

Origin

Modern Latin, from Latin tubus ‘tube’ + -fex from facere ‘make’.

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