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saprolegnoid

saprolegnoid adjective: of or relating to the freshwater molds of the genus Saprolegnia.

Adjective

saprolegnoid (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the freshwater molds of the genus Saprolegnia.
    • Another method, known as 'Trapping Technique', is a generally successful technique for collecting saprolegnoid fungi directly from aquatic habitat.2015, Mamta Rawat, Aquatic Ecosystem: Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation, page 202

Origin of saprolegnoid

Saprolegnia + -oid.

Questions about saprolegnoid

What does saprolegnoid mean?
Saprolegnoid means of or relating to the freshwater molds of the genus Saprolegnia.
What part of speech is saprolegnoid?
Saprolegnoid is an adjective.

Words near saprolegnoid in the dictionary

  1. saprolegnian
  2. saprolegnians
  3. saprolegniasis
  4. saprolegniosis
  5. saprolegnious
  6. saprolegnoid
  7. saprolignicolous
  8. saprolite
  9. saprolites
  10. saprolitic
  11. sapromycetophagous

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