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单词 fucus
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Definition of fucus in English:

fucus

nounPlural fuci ˈfjuːkəsˈfjukəs
  • A seaweed of a large genus of brown algae having flat leathery fronds.

    墨角藻,岩藻

    Genus Fucus, class Phaeophyceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Species of Fucus are recorded almost world-wide.
    • A professor of microbiology at the university discovered the bacteria earlier this year growing on fucus seaweed in the Firth of Forth.
    • In 2005, it was announced that bacteria grown on Fucus have the ability to attack and kill the MRSA superbug.

Origin

Early 17th century (denoting a cosmetic): from Latin, 'rock lichen, red dye, rouge', from Greek phukos 'seaweed', of Semitic origin.

Rhymes

Lucas, mucous, mucus, Ophiuchus, soukous

Definition of fucus in US English:

fucus

nounˈfjukəsˈfyo͞okəs
  • A seaweed of a large genus of brown algae having flat leathery fronds.

    墨角藻,岩藻

    Genus Fucus, class Phaeophyceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A professor of microbiology at the university discovered the bacteria earlier this year growing on fucus seaweed in the Firth of Forth.
    • In 2005, it was announced that bacteria grown on Fucus have the ability to attack and kill the MRSA superbug.
    • Species of Fucus are recorded almost world-wide.

Origin

Early 17th century (denoting a cosmetic): from Latin, ‘rock lichen, red dye, rouge’, from Greek phukos ‘seaweed’, of Semitic origin.

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