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SAPROLEGNIA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Aquatic fungi growing chiefly on plant debris and animal remains

Synonyms:

genus Saprolegnia; Saprolegnia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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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