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SAPROLEGNIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Aquatic fungi growing chiefly on plant debris and animal remains
Synonyms:
genus Saprolegnia; Saprolegnia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Saprolegnia" is a kind of...):
fungus genus (includes lichen genera)
Meronyms (members of "Saprolegnia"):
Saprolegnia ferax; white fungus (a fungus that attacks living fish and tadpoles and spawn causing white fungus disease: a coating of white hyphae on especially peripheral parts (as fins))
water mold (parasitic or saprobic organisms living chiefly in fresh water or moist soil)
Holonyms ("Saprolegnia" is a member of...):
order Saprolegniales; Saprolegniales (order of chiefly aquatic fungi)
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