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TUBE FOOT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("tube foot" is a kind of...):
foot; invertebrate foot (any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates)
Holonyms ("tube foot" is a part of...):
echinoderm (marine invertebrates with tube feet and five-part radially symmetrical bodies)