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Stinkhorn

Stinkhorn Meaning & Definition
Stinkhorn Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Stinkhorn?

[n] any of various ill-smelling brown-capped fungi of the order Phallales; "the foul smell of the stinkhorn attracts insects that carry the spores away on their feet"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Stinkhorn: carrion fungus

Related Terms | Find terms related to Stinkhorn:

See Also | common stinkhorn | dog stinkhorn | fungus | Mutinus caninus | order Phallales | Phallales | Phallus impudicus | Phallus ravenelii | Pseudocolus fusiformis | stinky squid

Stinkhorn In Webster's Dictionary

\Stink"horn`\, n. (Bot.) A kind of fungus of the genus {Phallus}, which emits a fetid odor.

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