fungoid
English
editEtymology
editAdjective
editfungoid (comparative more fungoid, superlative most fungoid)
- Of, pertaining to, or resembling a fungus.
- Coordinate terms: mycomorphic; fungal, fungous, mycotic; nonfungal, nonmycotic
- 1955, William Golding, Faber & Faber 2005, p. 142:
- He had no hair on the front of his head at all so that the sweep of bone skin, daunting in its fungoid pallor, came right over above his ears.
Translations
editresembling a fungus
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Noun
editfungoid (plural fungoids)
- A fungus, or some other organism closely resembling a fungus.
- G. K. Chesterton
- He found the suspicion correct which supposed the tree branched from one great root, like a candelabrum; the fork, though stained and slimy with green fungoids, was quite near the ground, and offered a first foothold.
- G. K. Chesterton
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French fongoïde.
Adjective
editfungoid m or n (feminine singular fungoidă, masculine plural fungoizi, feminine and neuter plural fungoide)
Declension
editDeclension of fungoid
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | fungoid | fungoidă | fungoizi | fungoide | ||
definite | fungoidul | fungoida | fungoizii | fungoidele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | fungoid | fungoide | fungoizi | fungoide | ||
definite | fungoidului | fungoidei | fungoizilor | fungoidelor |