Fucoid Definition

fyo͝okoid
adjective
Of or belonging to the order Fucales, which includes brown algae such as gulfweed and rockweed.
American Heritage
Of or like seaweed, esp. rockweed.
Webster's New World
Of sandstone: containing seaweed-like markings.
Wiktionary
noun
A member of the order Fucales.
American Heritage
A seaweed; esp., rockweed.
Webster's New World
A fossilized cast or impression of such an organism.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
  • fucoid algae

Other Word Forms of Fucoid

Noun

Singular:
fucoid
Plural:
fucoids

Origin of Fucoid

  • Ancient Greek φῦκος (phūkos, “seaweed”).

    From Wiktionary

  • fuc(us) –oid

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Fucoid Sentence Examples

  • The Cambrian system - including the Upper (Durness-Eriboll Limestone) and the Lower (Serpulite grit, Fucoid Beds, Quartzite) - forms a narrow band which can be traced for too m.

  • Certain markings on slates and sandstones, such as the "fucoids" of Scandinavia and Scotland, the Phycoides of the Fichtelgebirge, Eophyton and other seaweed-like impressions, may indeed be the casts of fucoid plants; but it is by no means sure that many of them are not mere inorganic imitative markings or the tracks or casts of worms. Oldhamia, a delicate branching body, abundant in the Cambrian of the south-east of Ireland, is probably a calcareous alga, but its precise nature has not been satisfactorily determined.

  • In the lower series are, in descending order, the "Serpulite grits" or "Salterclla beds," the "Fucoid beds" and the "Eriboll quartzite," which is divided into an upper "Pipe rock" and lower "Basal quartzite."

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