fucoid

American  

[fyoo-koid] / ˈfyu kɔɪd /

adjective

1. resembling or related to seaweeds of the genus Fucus.

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noun

1. a fucoid seaweed.

fucoid British  

/ ˈfjuːkɔɪd /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or resembling seaweeds of the genus Fucus

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noun

1. any seaweed of the genus Fucus

Etymology

Origin of fucoid

First recorded in 1830–40; fuc(us) + -oid

Example Sentences

Here and there a few glittering scales occur; here and there a few coprolitic patches; here and there the faint impression of a fucoid; but no organism sufficiently entire to be transferred to the bag.

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In the red quarry of Denholm Hill there occurs," says Mr. Duncan, "a stratum of soft yellowish sandstone, which contains impressions of an apparent fucoid in considerable quantity.

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These sandstones have been called in Sweden "fucoid sandstones."

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There occur jaws, plates, scales spines,—the remains of fucoids, too, of great size and in vast abundance.

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There can be little doubt that it is a fucoid.

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