SAPROLEGNIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Saprolegnia mean? 

• SAPROLEGNIA (noun)
  The noun SAPROLEGNIA has 1 sense:

1. aquatic fungi growing chiefly on plant debris and animal remains

  Familiarity information: SAPROLEGNIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAPROLEGNIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Aquatic fungi growing chiefly on plant debris and animal remains

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Saprolegnia; Saprolegnia

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)