FUNGIA

Fungia, genus Fungia

(noun) a genus comprising the usual mushroom corals

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Fun"gi*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. fungus mushroom: cf. F. fongie.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: A genus of simple, stony corals; -- so called because they are usually flat and circular, with radiating plates, like the gills of a mushroom. Some of them are eighteen inches in diameter.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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