dog stinkhorn

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   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

   SynonymsMutinus caninus

   Broaderstinkhorn

   Part ofPhallales

Questions about dog stinkhorn

What does dog stinkhorn mean?

dog stinkhorn means "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".

What is another word for dog stinkhorn?

Close synonyms include Mutinus caninus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dog stinkhorn a common word?

dog stinkhorn is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.