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MUTINUS CANINUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Mutinus caninus mean?
• MUTINUS CANINUS (noun)
The noun MUTINUS CANINUS 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 it
Familiarity information: MUTINUS CANINUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("Mutinus caninus" is a kind of...):
carrion fungus; stinkhorn (any of various ill-smelling brown-capped fungi of the order Phallales)
Holonyms ("Mutinus caninus" 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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