Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
dead-men's-fingers is a noun meaning "the fruiting bodies of the fungi of the genus Xylaria". It carries one recorded sense.
the fruiting bodies of the fungi of the genus Xylaria
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