FUCIVOROUS
Fu*civ"o*rous, a. Etym: [Fucus + L. vorare to eat.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Eating fucus or other seaweeds.
FUCOID Fu"coid, a. Etym: [Fucus + -oid.] (Bot.) (a) Properly, belonging to an order of alga: (Fucoideæ) which are blackish in color, and produce oöspores which are not fertilized until they have escaped from the conceptacle. The common rockweeds and the gulfweed (Sargassum) are fucoid in character. (b) In a vague sense, resembling seaweeds, or of the nature of seaweeds.
FUCOID
Fu"coid, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A plant, whether recent or fossil, which resembles a seaweed.
See Fucoid, a.
FUCOIDAL
Fu*coid"al, a.
1. (Bot.)
Defn: Fucoid.
2. (Geol.)
Defn: Containing impressions of fossil fucoids or seaweeds; as, fucoidal sandstone.