genus saprolegnia

1. 1.

   aquatic fungi growing chiefly on plant debris and animal remains

   SynonymsSaprolegnia

   Broaderfungus genus

   Part ofSaprolegniales

Questions about genus saprolegnia

What does genus saprolegnia mean?

genus saprolegnia means "aquatic fungi growing chiefly on plant debris and animal remains".

What is another word for genus saprolegnia?

Close synonyms include Saprolegnia. 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 genus saprolegnia a common word?

genus saprolegnia 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.