Definition of saprolegnia Saprolegnia
sap•ro•leg•ni•a
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What does saprolegnia mean?
WordNet
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| saprolegnia - aquatic fungi growing chiefly on plant debris and animal remains | ||
| genus Saprolegnia | ||
| fungus genus includes lichen genera | ||
| order saprolegniales, saprolegniales order of chiefly aquatic fungi | ||
| 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) | ||
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Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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saprolegnia
sap-rō-leg′ni-a, n. a genus of fungi, causing a destructive salmon-disease. [Gr. sapros, rotten, legnon, an edge.]
