adj
Meaning 1
Resembling or relating to seaweeds of the genus Fucus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
fucoid
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
No pronunciation record was provided for this word.
adj
Meaning 2
Of sandstone: bearing seaweed-like markings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Calcareous siltstone, Cambrian Fucoid Beds, earth.ox.ac.uk webpage The Fucoid beds are quite variable in appearance in composition [...] The rock unit got its name from the early belief that these markings were the compressed remains of seaweeds (fucoids). Now it is thought that they are the trails left by feeding creatures on the sea floor.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A fucoid seaweed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
any of various algae of the family Fucaceae
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fucoid algae
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: brown algae
noun
Meaning 5
a fossilized cast or impression of algae of the order Fucales
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fossil
History
Etymology
From Ancient Greek φῦκος (phûkos, “seaweed”).