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fungoid

American  
[fuhng-goid] / ˈfʌŋ gɔɪd /

adjective

  1. resembling a fungus; of the nature of a fungus.

  2. Pathology. characterized by funguslike growths.


noun

  1. Pathology. a growth having the characteristics of a fungus.

fungoid British  
/ ˈfʌŋɡɔɪd /

adjective

  1. resembling a fungus or fungi

    a fungoid growth

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of fungoid

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

Example Sentences

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The virus has the world in what Samuel Beckett called, in “Echo’s Bones,” a “long fungoid squeeze.”

From New York Times Apr. 27, 2020

The details that define their characters, too, are precise and impeccably off-center, a perfect match for their stained, saggy corduroys and fungoid gray hair.

From New York Times Oct. 10, 2016

The outlook is determinedly fungoid, yet the tone is perversely gleeful.

From Time Magazine Archive

Floriculture has to contend with many fungoid enemies, which sometimes commit great ravages amongst the choicest flowers.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)

When hydrolysed these fungoid celluloses yield, in addition to monoses, glucosamine and acetic acid.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various

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