Fucus
See also: fucus
Translingual
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fucus (“lichen, rouge, red dye”), from Ancient Greek φῦκος (phûkos, “seaweed”).
Proper noun
Fucus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Fucaceae – certain brown alga.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Chromista – kingdom; Harosa – subkingdom; Halvaria – infrakingdom; Heterokonta – superphylum; Ochrophyta – phylum; Phaeophyceae – class; Fucophycidae – subclass; Fucales – order; Fucaceae – family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Fucus vesiculosus (bladder wrack) - type species; Fucus aleuticus, Fucus ceranoides, Fucus chalonii, Fucus cottonii, Fucus distichus, Fucus evanescens, Fucus gardneri, Fucus nereideus, Fucus serratus, Fucus spermophorus, Fucus spiralis, Fucus tendo, Fucus virsoides - selected other species
Descendants
- → Russian: фу́кус (fúkus)
References
- Fucus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Fucus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Fucus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Fucus at AlgaeBase