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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Tubulariidae — forms ofhydrozoans .
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Among tissue cells degenerative changes may be abrupt, as in the sacrifice of the highly specialized fibrillae in muscle cells; or they may be very gradual, as in the transformation of cells of one sort into another that occurs in the regeneration of tentacles in Tubularia.
Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 Anonymous
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Among tissue cells degenerative changes may be abrupt, as in the sacrifice of the highly specialized fibrillæ in muscle cells; or they may be very gradual, as in the transformation of cells of one sort into another that occurs in the regeneration of tentacles in Tubularia.
The Scientific Monthly, October-December 1915 Scientific Monthly 1915
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Tubularia cubuiis as tis llmplicibus radiatis hinc inde aniiul«ii«.
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"The rocky wall of some deep tidal pool, thickly studded with the long and slender stems of Tubularia, surmounted by the bright rose-coloured heads, is like the gay parterre of a garden.
The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In John Lubbock 1873
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