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fun•gi
Pronunciation: (fun'jī, fung'gī), [key]—
n.
a pl. of
fungus. Fun•gi
Pronunciation: (fun'jī, fung'gī), [key]—
n. (used with a pl. v.) Biol.
a taxonomic kingdom, or in some classification schemes a division of the kingdom Plantae, comprising all the fungus groups and sometimes also the slime molds. Also called
Mycota. fungi-
a combining form representing
fungus in compound words:
fungicide. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.