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n. - Any of various algae of the family Fucaceae; A fossilized cast or impression of algae of the order Fucales.

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  • And if they've encountered such words as cunctation, fucoid, Mother Hubbard,
  • A splintered fissure held delicate fucoid impressions in fine script full of meaning.
  • These are mainly casts of the giant fucoid alga Halymenites major, and shells of Inoceramus barabini.
  • The fucoid of the Caithness flagstones threw off, as I have shown, in the alternate order, numerous ribbon-like branches or fronds; whereas the ribbon-like fronds or...
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