tubifexes

Variant of tubifex

tubifex definition

tu·bi·fex (to̵̅o̅′bə feks′, tyo̵̅o̅′-)

noun pl. tubifexes -·fex′es or tubifex -·fex′

any of a genus (Tubifex) of small, reddish, freshwater, oligochaete worms, often living in chimneylike tubes: found esp. in polluted waters and often used as food for aquarium fish

Etymology: ModL < L tubus, tube + -fex < facere, to make, do

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