- funguslike
- funguslike fun"gus*like` adj.
resembling a fungus or fungi.
Syn: fungoid. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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funguslike — adjective Resembling or characteristic of fungus … Wiktionary
funguslike — adjective resembling fungi • Syn: ↑fungoid • Pertains to noun: ↑fungus, ↑fungus (for: ↑fungoid) … Useful english dictionary
fungus — fungic /fun jik/, adj. funguslike, adj. /fung geuhs/, n., pl. fungi /fun juy, fung guy/, funguses, adj. n. 1. any of a diverse group of eukaryotic single celled or multinucleate organisms that live by decomposing and absorbing the organic… … Universalium
Eumycota — noun true fungi; eukaryotic heterotrophic walled organisms; distinguished from Myxomycota (funguslike slime molds): comprises subdivisions Mastigomycotina; Zygomycotina; Ascomycotina; Basidiomycotina; Deuteromycotina (imperfect fungi) • Syn:… … Useful english dictionary
Eumycota — n. a division consisting of the true fungi, eukaryotic heterotrophic walled organisms distinguished from the {Myxomycota} (funguslike slime molds). It comprises subdivisions Mastigomycotina; Zygomycotina; Ascomycotina; Basidiomycotina;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fungoid — Fun goid, a. [Fungus + oil: cf. F. fongo[ i]de.] Like a fungus; fungous; spongy. Syn: funguslike. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Eumycota — /yooh muy koh teuh/, n. Biol. a phylum of true fungi, distinguished from the funguslike slime molds, Myxomycota, and similar organisms by having a mycelial thallus: in some classification systems, the class Eumycetes. [ < NL; see EU , MYCO , OTA] … Universalium
fungoid — /fung goyd/, adj. 1. resembling a fungus; of the nature of a fungus. 2. Pathol. characterized by funguslike growths. n. 3. Pathol. a growth having the characteristics of a fungus. [1830 40; FUNG(US) + OID] * * * … Universalium
gliding bacteria — bacteria that form colonies in a self produced slime that permits them to glide, mainly inhabiting moist soils, decaying plant matter, animal waste, and rotting tree bark: some species produce brightly colored, funguslike fruiting bodies. Also… … Universalium
slime mold — 1. any of various funguslike organisms belonging to the phylum Myxomycota, of the kingdom Protista (or the plant class Myxomycetes), characterized by a noncellular, multinucleate, creeping somatic phase and a propagative phase in which fruiting… … Universalium
