stinkhorn

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noun

Any fungus of the order Phallales, which produce a foul-scented, rod-shaped mushroom.

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carrion fungus
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Meanings

nounstinkhorn (plural stinkhorns)

plural stinkhorns

  1. Any fungus of the order Phallales, which produce a foul-scented, rod-shaped mushroom.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounany of various ill-smelling brown-capped fungi of the order Phallales

Similar
carrion fungus
Broader
fungus

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From stink + horn.

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Translations

Danish stinksvamp
  • stinksvampfungus
Finnish haisusieni
  • haisusienifungus
German Stinkmorchel
  • Stinkmorchelfungus
Irish adharc an phúca
  • adharc an phúcafungus
Māori matakupenga, paruwhatitiri
  • matakupengafungus
  • paruwhatitirifungus
  • puapua-a-Atutahifungus
  • puapua-a-Autahifungus
Norwegian stanksopp
  • stanksoppfungus
Polish sromotnik
  • sromotnikfungus
Swedish stinksvamp, liksvamp
  • stinksvampfungus
  • liksvampfungus
Welsh cingroen
  • cingroenfungus
Cite this entry
APA

stinkhorn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stinkhorn

MLA

“stinkhorn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stinkhorn. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stinkhorn,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stinkhorn.

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