'Fungia' definitions:

Definition of 'Fungia'

From: WordNet
noun
A genus comprising the usual mushroom corals [syn: Fungia, genus Fungia]

Definition of 'Fungia'

From: GCIDE
  • Fungia \Fun"gi*a\, n. [NL., fr. L. fungus mushroom: cf. F. fongie.] (Zool.) A genus of simple, stony corals; -- so called because they are usually flat and circular, with radiating plates, like the gills of a mushroom. Some of them are eighteen inches in diameter. [1913 Webster]

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