tubularian Meaning, Definition & Usage

Tu`bu*la"ri*an noun
Definitions
  1. (Zool.) Any hydroid belonging to the suborder Tubularida. ✍ These hydroids usually form tufts of delicate tubes, and both gonophores and hydranths are naked. The gonophores of many of the species become free jellyfishes; those of other species remain permanently attached as medusoid buds or sporosacs. See Illust. under Gonosome, and Cymnoblastea.
Tu`bu*la"ri*an adjective
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the tubularians.

Webster 1913