fucus

American  

[fyoo-kuhs] / ˈfyu kəs /

noun

plural

fuci, fucuses

1. any olive-brown seaweed or alga of the genus Fucus, having branching fronds and often air bladders.

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fucus British  

/ ˈfjuːkəs /

noun

1. any seaweed of the genus Fucus , common in the intertidal regions of many shores and typically having greenish-brown slimy fronds See also wrack 2

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Etymology

Origin of fucus

1590–1600; < Latin < Greek phŷkos orchil, red color, rock lichen, rouge

Example Sentences

It is said of some that they cover themselves with seaweed and fucus, and then are taken for islands.

From Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Verne, Jules

It seemed to be the same kind of vegetable production that Sir Joseph Banks had formerly distinguished by the appellation of fucus giganteus.

From Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods by Kippis, Andrew

The paths were encumbered with seaweed and fucus, between which grovelled a whole world of crustacea.

From Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Verne, Jules

The weed alluded to is probably the fucus natans, or gulf-weed.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson by Stevenson, William

Festus Avienus mentions vast quantities of seaweed in the ocean west of the Pillars of Hercules:— Exsuperat autem gurgitem fucus frequens Atque impeditur �stus ex uligine....

From The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest by Fiske, John