a. [ad. mod.L. tubulōs-us, f. L. tubulus TUBULE.]
1. = next, 1. Now rare.
1713. J. Petiver, in Phil. Trans., XXVIII. 203. Small tubulose Scarlet Flowers.
1752. J. Hill, Hist. Anim., 268. The Trigla, with a bifid rostrum, and tubulose nostrils.
1826. Kirby & Sp., Entomol., IV. xlvi. 312. Tongue … Tubulose…. When it … is long and tubular, and capable of inflation.
2. Palæont. Belonging to the Tubulosa, a group of palæozoic corals characterized by tubular thecæ.
1891. in Cent. Dict.
