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nematodes
English
Noun
nematodes
- plural of nematode
Anagrams
- metanodes
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????????? (n?mat?d?s, “fibrous, in filaments”), from ???? (nêma, “thread, yarn”) +? -???? (-?d?s, “-like”).
Pronunciation
(Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ne.ma?to.des/, [n?m??t???d??s]
Adjective
n?mat?d?s (neuter n?mat?des or n?mat?d?s); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type)
- Thread-like.
Inflection
Third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type).
1It is unknown if Classical Latin preserved (or would have preserved) the shortness of the original Greek short ending.
Derived terms
- Nematoda
Descendants
- English: nematode
nematodes From the web:
- what nematodes eat
- what nematodes kill termites
- what nematodes kill slugs
- what nematodes eat termites
- what nematodes look like
- what nematodes kill fleas
- what nematodes are parasitic to humans
- what nematodes kill japanese beetles
fungi
English
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) enPR: f?n?j?, f?ng?g?, IPA(key): /?f?n.d?a?/, /?f??.?a?/, /?f??.?i?/, /?f?n.d?i?/
- , , ,
Noun
fungi
- plural of fungus
- (pathology) Spongy, abnormal growth, as granulation tissue formed in a wound
Usage notes
- There are multiple pronunciations in current English use. More American dictionaries favor the pronunciation /?f?n.d?a?/ or /?f??.?a?/, while more British dictionaries favor the pronunciation /?f??.?i?/ or /?f?n.d?i?/. However, all four pronunciations are in use in both countries.
Etymology 2
Noun
fungi (uncountable)
- (music) A style of folk and popular music from the Virgin Islands, traditionally performed by bands consisting of ukulele, banjo, guitar and washboard with various percussion instruments on rhythm.
Synonyms
- (Virgin Islands music): scratch, quelbe
Etymology 3
Noun
fungi (uncountable)
- Alternative form of fungee (“Caribbean okra dish”)
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
fungi
- plural of fungus
Italian
Verb
fungi
- second-person singular present indicative of fungere
- second-person singular imperative of fungere
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?fun.?i?/, [?f???i?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?fun.d??i/, [?fun??d??i]
Etymology 1
Noun
fung? m
- genitive singular of fungus
- locative singular of fungus
- nominative plural of fungus
- vocative plural of fungus
Etymology 2
Verb
fung?
- present active infinitive of fungor
References
- fungi in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
fungi From the web:
- what fungi
- what fungi causes athlete's foot
- what fungi causes ringworm
- what fungi are decomposers
- what fungi do we eat
- what fungible means
- what fungi is yeast
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