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/muy kof"euh jist/, n.1. a fungus-eating organism.2. an epicure whose interest is mushrooms.[1860-65; MYCO- + -PHAGE or -PHAG(Y) + -IST]
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mycophagist
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mycophagist — noun a person or animal who eats fungi (especially mushrooms) • Syn: ↑mycophage • Derivationally related forms: ↑mycophagy • Hypernyms: ↑eater, ↑feeder * * * mīˈkäfəjə̇st noun … Useful english dictionary
mycophagist — noun Etymology: mycophagy, from myc + phagy Date: 1861 one that eats fungi (as mushrooms) • mycophagy noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
mycophagist — my·coph·a·gist … English syllables
mycophage — noun a person or animal who eats fungi (especially mushrooms) • Syn: ↑mycophagist • Derivationally related forms: ↑mycophagy (for: ↑mycophagist) • Hypernyms: ↑eater, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
mycophagy — noun see mycophagist … New Collegiate Dictionary
mycophagous — a. eating mushrooms. ♦ mycophagist, n. ♦ mycophagy, n … Dictionary of difficult words
mycophagy — noun the practice of eating fungi (especially mushrooms collected in the wild) • Derivationally related forms: ↑mycophagist • Hypernyms: ↑eating, ↑feeding … Useful english dictionary
