| tube foot n. One of the numerous external, fluid-filled muscular tubes of echinoderms, such as the starfish or sea urchin, serving as organs of locomotion, food handling, and respiration. |
tube foot
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) any of numerous tubular outgrowths of the body wall of most echinoderms that are used as organs of locomotion and respiration and to aid ingestion of food
| tube foot One of the numerous external, fluid-filled muscular tubes of echinoderms, such as the starfish or sea urchin, used for locomotion, respiration, and grasping food or prey. |
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| Noun | 1. |  tube foot - tentacular tubular process of most echinoderms (starfish and sea urchins and holothurians) having a sucker at the end and used for e.g. locomotion and respirationechinoderm - marine invertebrates with tube feet and five-part radially symmetrical bodies invertebrate foot, foot - any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates |
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