Tū'bū-li-cōle', n.

n. [Lat. tubulus, little tube, and colere, to inhabit.] (Zoöl.) One of an order of polyps, including those which inhabit tubes of which the axis is traversed by the gelatinous flesh, and which are open at the summits or sides to give passage to the digestive sacs and prehensile mouths of the polyps. Brande.