phycomycetous

English

Etymology

From Phycomycetes (class name) +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌfʌɪkə(ʊ)mʌɪˈsiːtəs/

Adjective

phycomycetous (comparative more phycomycetous, superlative most phycomycetous)

1. Relating to the former class Phycomycetes of lower fungi; belonging to or characteristic of a phycomycete. [from 19th c.]
   • 1966, Philip K. Dick, Now Wait for Last Year:

     [T]he 'Starmen were phycomycetous mentally, but morphologically they could not be distinguished from Terrans.