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ink-cap

ink-cap is the alternative form of inkcap.

Meaning of inkcap

Noun

inkcap (plural inkcaps)

  1. A fungus of one of the genera Coprinus, Coprinellus or Coprinopsis.
    • The outer ranks of a troop of several hundred fairy inkcaps, Coprinellus disseminatus, encircling a coppiced hazel stool, are already deliquescing into gooey black spore-laden ink that will soon be carried away on the feet of beetles and flies.2015 September 3, Phil Gates, The Guardian

Forms of ink-cap

pluralink-caps

Questions about ink-cap

What is ink-cap the alternative form of?
Ink-cap is the alternative form of inkcap.

Words near ink-cap in the dictionary

  1. ink well
  2. ink wells
  3. ink-ball
  4. ink-block
  5. ink-blocks
  6. ink-cap
  7. ink-caps
  8. ink-dot
  9. ink-dots
  10. ink-jet
  11. ink-jet printer

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