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fungillus

fungillus noun: a small parasitic fungus.

Noun

fungillus (plural fungilli)

  1. A small parasitic fungus.
    • Damping off is well understood to be the work of a fungillus, and one can readily find traces of its mycelium, and take precautions against it.1897, The Agricultural Journal of the Cape of Good Hope, volume 11, page 8

Forms of fungillus

pluralfungilli

Questions about fungillus

What does fungillus mean?
Fungillus means a small parasitic fungus.
What part of speech is fungillus?
Fungillus is a noun.
What is the plural of fungillus?
The plural of fungillus is fungilli.

Words near fungillus in the dictionary

  1. fungiform
  2. fungiid
  3. fungiids
  4. fungilli
  5. fungilliform
  6. fungillus
  7. fungimycin
  8. fungin
  9. fungine
  10. fungineer
  11. fungineers

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