Meaning Of The Word Tubifex

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tubifex in American English
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
noun: any common, bottom-dwelling worm of the genus Tubifex, often used as food for aquarium fish

tubifex in British English
noun: any small reddish freshwater oligochaete worm of the genus Tubifex; it characteristically lives in a tube in sand and is used as food for aquarium fish

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