HyperDic: tube_foot

English > 1 sense of the expression tube foot:
NOUNanimaltube foottentacular 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
English > tube foot: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningtentacular 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.
Part ofechinodermmarine invertebrates with tube feet and five-part radially symmetrical bodies
Broaderfoot, invertebrate footAny of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates

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