tube foot

noun

one of numerous small, tubular processes on the ventral body surface of most echinoderms, used for locomotion and grasping.

Origin of tube foot

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby tube foot

tubate, tubby, tube, tube cell, tube fly, tube foot, tube pan, tube railway, tube sock, tube top, tube worm

British Dictionary definitions for tube foot

tube foot

noun

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

Scientific definitions for tube foot

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.