| fungia | <zoology> 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. Origin: NL, fr. L. Fungus mushroom: cf. F. Fongie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| fungian | <zoology> Of or pertaining to the Fungidae, a family of stony corals. One of the Fungidae. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |