Definition of Tubificid

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tubificid

tubeworms
tubfast
tubfasts
tubfish
tubfishes
tubful
tubfuls
tubicolae
tubicolar
tubicole
tubicoles
tubicolous
tubifex
tubifexes
tubificid (current term)
tubificids
tubiform
tubing
tubings
tubipora
tubipore
tubipores
tubiporite
tubiporites
tubist
tubists
tubivalve
tubivalves

Literary usage of Tubificid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Efficiency of Nitrogen Fertilizers for Rice: Proceedings of the Meeting of by International Rice Research Institute (1987)
"tubificid populations are large in soils rich in organic matter. ... Release of NH4+-N by the tubificid Limnodrilus sp. was measured in vitro as 2.14 ng ..."

2. Biology and Management of the Floodwater Ecosystem in Rice Fields by Pierre A. Roger (1996)
"A positive correlation was observed between tubificid populations and the quantity of fertilizer applied (Simpson et al 1993a,b). ..."

3. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1896)
"The earliest known tubificid was the common Tubifex rivu- lorum, so widely dispersed in this country and elsewhere; but with it was at first confounded the ..."

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