Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of Gompphinæ, having the eyes remote and the ocelli in a line. G. fraternus is a dragon-fly, yellow, spotted with black, and having black feet.
- noun 2, [lowercase; pl. gomphi (-fī).] A kind of sponge-spicule.
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At the time, one of the things I looked forward to was the strange and wonderful names of fungi, from wolf's milk slime to pig's ear gomphus.
unknown title 2009
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At the time, one of the things I looked forward to was the strange and wonderful names of fungi, from wolf's milk slime to pig's ear gomphus.
unknown title 2009
bilby commented on the word gomphus
Fun to say.
November 23, 2015