adjective
Etymology
Origin of fungoid
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
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
Apple orchards are not immune from insect pests and fungoid diseases, and an enormous business is now done in spraying machines and various insecticides.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
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