Definitions for tube foot
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
tube′ foot`(n.)
one of numerous small, tubular processes on the ventral body surface of most echinoderms, used for locomotion and grasping.
Category: Zoology
Origin of tube foot:
1885–90
Princeton's WordNet
tube foot(noun)
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 respiration
Wiktionary
tube foot(Noun)
A locomotor appendage of an echinoderm consisting of a tube with longitudinal muscles, pressurized by water.
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