stinky squid

noun

Pseudocolus fusiformis, a species of stinkhorn mushroom with a fetid odor and three or four upright arms which are connected at the top – hence the name.

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Pseudocolus fusiformis
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Meanings

nounstinky squid (plural stinky squids or stinky squid)

plural stinky squids

  1. Pseudocolus fusiformis, a species of stinkhorn mushroom with a fetid odor and three or four upright arms which are connected at the top – hence the name.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna stinkhorn of genus Pseudocolus; the fruiting body first resembles a small puffball that soon splits open to form a stalk with tapering arms that arch and taper to a common point

Similar
Pseudocolus fusiformis
Broader
stinkhorncarrion fungus

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Chicago

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