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fucoid
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun fucoid has 2 senses
- fucoid(n = noun.animal) Array - a fossilized cast or impression of algae of the order Fucales; Array is a member of fucales, order fucales
- fucoid(n = noun.animal) fucoid algae - any of various algae of the family Fucaceae; Array is a kind of brown algae
is a kind of fossil
is a member of family fucaceae, fucaceae
CIDE DICTIONARY
fucoid, a. [Fucus + -oid.].
Properly, belonging to an order of alga: (Fucoideæ ) which are blackish in color, and produce oöspores which are not fertilized until they have escaped from the conceptacle. The common rockweeds and the gulfweed (Sargassum ) are fucoid in character. [1913 Webster]
fucoid, n.
A plant, whether recent or fossil, which resembles a seaweed. See Fucoid, a. [1913 Webster]
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