fucoid

Other forms of fucoid

plural

fucoids·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fucoid

What does fucoid mean?

fucoid means "a fossilized cast or impression of algae of the order Fucales". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fucoid?

fucoid has 2 syllables: fu-coid. The stress falls on "fu".

What is another word for fucoid?

Close synonyms include fucoid algae. 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 fucoid a common word?

fucoid is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.