dead-man's-fingers — noun the fruiting bodies of the fungi of the genus Xylaria • Syn: ↑dead men s fingers, ↑Xylaria polymorpha • Hypernyms: ↑fungus • Member Holonyms: ↑Xylaria, ↑genus Xylaria * * * ˌ … Useful english dictionary
dead man's fingers — plural noun 1》 a colonial soft coral with spongy lobes resembling the fingers of a corpse. [Alcyonium digitatum.] 2》 informal the divisions of a lobster s or crab s gills … English new terms dictionary
dead-men's-fingers — noun the fruiting bodies of the fungi of the genus Xylaria • Syn: ↑dead man s fingers, ↑Xylaria polymorpha • Hypernyms: ↑fungus • Member Holonyms: ↑Xylaria, ↑genus Xylaria * * * … Useful english dictionary
dead men's fingers — plural noun 1. the gills of a lobster or crab. 2. the soft coral, Alcyonium digitatum, of European coastal waters. 3. any of various species of orchid, especially the European Orchis latifolia and O. maculata. Also, dead man s fingers …
dead-man's fingers — /ded manz , meuhnz/ any of various fungi, sponges, plant roots, animal parts, etc., having fingerlike projections and a pale or dull color, as the gray black woodland fungus Xylaria polymorpha or the whitish spongy gills of a food crab. [1595… … Universalium
dead-man's fingers — /ded manz , meuhnz/ any of various fungi, sponges, plant roots, animal parts, etc., having fingerlike projections and a pale or dull color, as the gray black woodland fungus Xylaria polymorpha or the whitish spongy gills of a food crab. [1595… … Useful english dictionary
dead man's fingers — … Useful english dictionary
dead — adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 no longer alive. 2 colloq. extremely tired or unwell. 3 benumbed; affected by loss of sensation (my fingers are dead). 4 (foll. by to) unappreciative or unconscious of; insensitive to. 5 no longer effective or in use;… … Useful english dictionary
dead — adj Dead, defunct, deceased, departed, late, lifeless, inanimate all mean devoid of life. Dead applies strictly to anyone or to anything that has been deprived of life and has therefore ceased to grow or to function {a dead person} {a dead… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Man v. Food (season 2) — Man v. Food Season 2 Country of origin United States No. of episodes 20 Broadcast Original channel Travel Channel … Wikipedia
