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DOG STINKHORN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dog stinkhorn mean? 

DOG STINKHORN (noun)
  The noun DOG STINKHORN has 1 sense:

1. a stinkhorn having a stalk without a cap; the slimy gleba is simply plastered on its surface near the apex where winged insects can find itplay

  Familiarity information: DOG STINKHORN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DOG STINKHORN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A stinkhorn having a stalk without a cap; the slimy gleba is simply plastered on its surface near the apex where winged insects can find it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

dog stinkhorn; Mutinus caninus

Hypernyms ("dog stinkhorn" is a kind of...):

carrion fungus; stinkhorn (any of various ill-smelling brown-capped fungi of the order Phallales)

Holonyms ("dog stinkhorn" is a member of...):

order Phallales; Phallales (order of fungi comprising the stinkhorns and related forms whose mature hymenium is slimy and fetid; sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes)


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