Saprolegnian.
/saprəʊˈlɛɡnɪə/ Botany.
A genus of fungi (the type of the N.O. Saprolegnieæ or Saprolegniaceæ), which chiefly infests the bodies of fish.
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silkworm rot1855
Saprolegnia1866
ray fungus1884
1866 Berkeley in J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. at Saprolegnieæ The same animal has been observed, when immersed, to produce a Saprolegnia, and when surrounded merely by air to produce a Mucor.
1882 T. H. Huxley in Nature 9 Mar. 438/2 I tried some experiments on the transplantation of the Saprolegnia of the living salmon to dead animal bodies.
1885 E. Klein Micro-org. 146 Saprolegnia: colourless tubular threads, forming gelatinous masses on living and dead animal and vegetable matter in fresh water.
Derivatives
saproˈlegnious adj. (see quot. 1900).
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1900 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms Saprolegnious, allied to the genus Saprolegnia.
saproˈlegnized adj. diseased with saprolegnia.
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1882 T. H. Huxley in Nature 9 Mar. 439/1 The conditions under which my saprolegnised flies were placed.
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