- fungoid
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adjective
Date: circa 1836
resembling, characteristic of, caused by, or being a fungus <a fungoid growth> • fungoid noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
fungoid
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fungoid — fungoíd adj. m., pl. fungoízi; f. sg. fungoídă, pl. fungoíde Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic FUNGOÍD, Ă adj. care seamănă cu ciupercile. (< fr. fongoïde) … Dicționar Român
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
fungoid — [fuŋ′goid] adj. like or characteristic of a fungus n. a fungus … English World dictionary
fungoid — Resembling a fungus; denoting an exuberant morbid growth on the surface of the body. * * * fun·goid fəŋ .gȯid adj resembling, characteristic of, caused by, or being a fungus <a fungoid ulcer> <a fungoid growth> * * * 1. adj.… … Medical dictionary
fungoid — 1. adjective Of, pertaining to, or resembling a fungus. He had no hair on the front of his head at all so that the sweep of bone skin, daunting in its fungoid pallor, came right over above his ears. 2. noun A fungus, or some other organism… … Wiktionary
fungoid — adjective technical like a fungus: fungoid growths … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
fungoid — fungus ► NOUN (pl. fungi) ▪ any of a large group of spore producing organisms which feed on organic matter and include moulds, yeast, mushrooms, and toadstools. DERIVATIVES fungal adjective fungoid adjective. ORIGIN Latin, perhaps from Greek… … English terms dictionary
fungoid — adj. & n. adj. 1 resembling a fungus in texture or in rapid growth. 2 Brit. of a fungus or fungi. n. a fungoid plant … Useful english dictionary
Fungoid Frog — Taxobox name = Fungoid Frog status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 trend = stable image width = 200px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Amphibia ordo = Anura familia = Ranidae genus = Hydrophylax species = H. malabaricus binomial =… … Wikipedia
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
