Phrase guide

fly agaric

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A poisonous and hallucinogenic mushroom, Amanita muscaria, with a large crimson cap, fading to yellow, scattered with white flecks.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fly fungus

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

poisonous (but rarely fatal) woodland fungus having a scarlet cap with white warts and white gills

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Amanita muscaria

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: agaric

History

Etymology

The name is given because it was used as insecticide in England, similarly to many other European countries, compare e.g. Swedish flugsvamp and Russian мухомо́р (muxomór).

Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Alutor: вʼапаӄ — Amanita muscaria
  • Azerbaijani: milçəkqıran — Amanita muscaria
  • Basque: kuleto faltsu — Amanita muscaria
  • Bulgarian: червена мухоморка (červena muhomorka) — Amanita muscaria
  • Catalan: reig de fageda — Amanita muscaria
  • Catalan: reig bord — Amanita muscaria
  • Catalan: matamosques — Amanita muscaria
  • Chinese Mandarin: 毒蠅傘 /毒蝇伞 (dúyíngsǎn) — Amanita muscaria
  • Crimean Tatar: çibin mantarı — Amanita muscaria
  • Czech: muchomůrka červená — Amanita muscaria
  • Danish: rød fluesvamp — Amanita muscaria
  • Dutch: vliegenzwam — Amanita muscaria
  • Esperanto: muŝa amanito — Amanita muscaria
  • Estonian: punane kärbseseen — Amanita muscaria
  • Faroese: reyður flugusoppur — Amanita muscaria
  • Finnish: punakärpässieni — Amanita muscaria
  • French: amanite tue-mouches — Amanita muscaria
  • German: Fliegenpilz — Amanita muscaria
  • Greek: Αμανίτης ο μυγοκτόνος (Amanítis o mygoktónos) — Amanita muscaria
  • Hungarian: légyölő galóca — Amanita muscaria
  • Ingrian: kärpäisen opokka — Amanita muscaria
  • Ingrian: kärpäisen griba — Amanita muscaria
  • Irish: agairg na gcuileanna — Amanita muscaria
  • Italian: ovolaccio — Amanita muscaria
  • Italian: ovolo malefico — Amanita muscaria
  • Japanese: 紅天狗茸 (benitengutake) — Amanita muscaria
  • Northern Khanty: поӈх (poṇh) — Amanita muscaria
  • Komi-Zyrian: гут кулан тшак (gut kulan čak) — Amanita muscaria
  • Lithuanian: musmirė — Amanita muscaria
  • Macedonian: мувоморка (muvomorka) — Amanita muscaria
  • Eastern Mari: кармывоҥго (karmyvoŋgo) — Amanita muscaria
  • Western Mari: арашӹнгӓвонгы (arašÿngävongy) — Amanita muscaria
  • Nahuatl: tzontecomananacatl — Amanita muscaria
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fluesopp — Amanita muscaria
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: flugesopp — Amanita muscaria
  • Polish: muchomor czerwony — Amanita muscaria
  • Portuguese: amanita mata-moscas — Amanita muscaria
  • Russian: мухомо́р (muxomór) — Amanita muscaria
  • Kildin-Sami: кырьй кӯмпар (kyr’j kūmpar) — Amanita muscaria
  • Spanish: oronja falsa — Amanita muscaria
  • Spanish: matamoscas — Amanita muscaria
  • Swedish: röd flugsvamp — Amanita muscaria
  • Turkish: sinek mantarı — Amanita muscaria
  • Udmurt: куткулонгуби (kutkulongubi) — Amanita muscaria
  • Vilamovian: fłigiapyłc — Amanita muscaria
  • Welsh: amanita'r gwybed — Amanita muscaria