chytrid

chytrid
\\-_trə̇d\ noun (-s)
: one of the Chytridiales

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/kuy"trid, ki"-/, n.
any of the simple, algaelike fungi constituting the class Chytridiomycetes, order Chytridiales, of aquatic and soil environments, having flagellated zoospores and little or no mycelium.
[ < NL Chytridiales, equiv. to Chytridi(um) the type genus ( < Gk chytrídion, dim. of chýtra pipkin) + -ales -ALES]

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chytrid /kit'rid/ or chytrid fungus /fung'gəs/
noun
Any fungus belonging to the phylum Chytridiomycota, esp the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, which is fatal to amphibians
ORIGIN: Gr chytridion little pot

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