noun
any of various ill-smelling brown-capped fungi of the order Phallales
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the foul smell of the stinkhorn attracts insects that carry the spores away on their feet
• Syn: ↑stinkhorn
• Hypernyms: ↑fungus
• Hyponyms:
↑common stinkhorn, ↑Phallus impudicus, ↑Phallus ravenelii, ↑dog stinkhorn, ↑Mutinus caninus, ↑stinky squid, ↑Pseudocolus fusiformis
• Member Holonyms: ↑Phallales, ↑order Phallales
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nounUseful english dictionary. 2012.