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fungous

fungous adjective: of or pertaining to fungi.

Adjective

fungous (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to fungi.
    • With the memory of that roadside claw-print fresh in my mind, Akeley’s whispered paragraphs had affected me queerly; and the hints of familiarity with this unknown world of fungous life—forbidden Yuggoth—made my flesh creep more than I cared to own.1931, H. P. Lovecraft, chapter 7, in The Whisperer in Darkness
    Synonyms:
    fungal, mycotic
  2. (archaic) Of or containing a spongy, abnormal excrescence.

fungous meaning in Tamil and Bengali

fungous in Tamil

இயல்பான, காளான்வடிவை

fungous in Bengali

ছত্রাকসম্বন্ধীয়, ছত্রাকের মতো

Synonyms of fungous

Antonyms

Origin of fungous

From Latin fungōsus. Equivalent to fungus + -ous.

Words formed from fungous

Questions about fungous

What does fungous mean?
Fungous means of or pertaining to fungi.
What is fungous in Tamil?
Fungous in Tamil is இயல்பான, காளான்வடிவை. See Fungous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is fungous?
Fungous is an adjective.

Words near fungous in the dictionary

  1. Fungor
  2. fungos
  3. fungose
  4. fungosities
  5. fungosity
  6. fungous
  7. fungs
  8. funguria
  9. fungus
  10. fungus beetle
  11. fungus beetles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fungous (page history and authors); fungous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fungous (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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