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mycophobia

mycophobia noun: the fear of mushrooms or fungi.

Noun

mycophobia (uncountable)

  1. The fear of mushrooms or fungi.

Origin of mycophobia

From myco- (“fungus, mushroom”) + -phobia.

Questions about mycophobia

What does mycophobia mean?
Mycophobia means the fear of mushrooms or fungi.
What part of speech is mycophobia?
Mycophobia is a noun.

Words near mycophobia in the dictionary

  1. mycophilia
  2. mycophilic
  3. mycophilous
  4. mycophobe
  5. mycophobes
  6. mycophobia
  7. mycophobic
  8. mycophycobiont
  9. mycophycobionts
  10. mycophycobioses
  11. mycophycobiosis

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