- genus Entomophthora
- nountype genus of the Entomophthoraceae; fungi parasitic on insects• Syn: ↑Entomophthora• Hypernyms: ↑fungus genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Entomophthoraceae, ↑family Entomophthoraceae
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genus Entomophthora
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Entomophthora — n. the type genus of the {Entomophthoraceae}; fungi parasitic on insects. Syn: genus {Entomophthora}. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Entomophthora — noun type genus of the Entomophthoraceae; fungi parasitic on insects • Syn: ↑genus Entomophthora • Hypernyms: ↑fungus genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Entomophthoraceae, ↑family Entomophthoraceae * * * ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈmäfthərə … Useful english dictionary
Entomophthora — ?AU: please provide def. for this genus E. coronata a fungal genus reclassified as Conidiobolus, the cause of conidiobolomycosis. * * * En·to·moph·tho·ra (en″to mofґthə rə) [entomo + Gr. phthora destruction, death] a former genus… … Medical dictionary
fungus genus — noun includes lichen genera • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑Erysiphe, ↑genus Erysiphe, ↑Neurospora, ↑genus Neurospora, ↑Ceratostomella, ↑genus Ceratostomella, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Entomophthoraceae — noun mostly parasitic lower fungi that typically develop in the bodies of insects • Syn: ↑family Entomophthoraceae • Hypernyms: ↑fungus family • Member Holonyms: ↑Entomophthorales, ↑order Entomophthorales … Useful english dictionary
family Entomophthoraceae — noun mostly parasitic lower fungi that typically develop in the bodies of insects • Syn: ↑Entomophthoraceae • Hypernyms: ↑fungus family • Member Holonyms: ↑Entomophthorales, ↑order Entomophthorales … Useful english dictionary
entomophthoraceous — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|rāshəs adjective Etymology: New Latin Entomophthoraceae + English ous : of or relating to the genus Entomophthora or family Entomophthoraceae … Useful english dictionary
hyphal body — noun : an irregularly shaped often thickened fragment formed (as in members of the genus Entomophthora) by segmentation of a hypha and sometimes multiplying by fission or budding … Useful english dictionary
fungus — fungic /fun jik/, adj. funguslike, adj. /fung geuhs/, n., pl. fungi /fun juy, fung guy/, funguses, adj. n. 1. any of a diverse group of eukaryotic single celled or multinucleate organisms that live by decomposing and absorbing the organic… … Universalium
Parasitoid — SEM image of endoparasitoid ciliates of the genus Collinia, which can cause mass mortality in affected krill populations A parasitoid is an organism that spends a significant portion of its life history attached to or within a single host… … Wikipedia
