Definition of Stinkhorns

1. Noun. (plural of stinkhorn) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stinkhorns

1. stinkhorn [n] - See also: stinkhorn

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stinkhorns

stinkbird
stinkbirds
stinkbomb
stinkbombs
stinkbug
stinkbugs
stinkbush
stinkbushes
stinker
stinkeroo
stinkeroos
stinkers
stinketh
stinkhorn
stinkhorns (current term)
stinkier
stinkiest
stinkily
stinkin'
stinkiness
stinking
stinking bean trefoil
stinking cedar
stinking chamomile
stinking clover
stinking elder
stinking gladwyn
stinking goosefoot
stinking hellebore

Literary usage of Stinkhorns

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents: Based on the Cornell by Anna Botsford Comstock (1911)
"LESSON CLXXXV THE stinkhorns To give a nature-study lesson on the stinkhorn ... On these strands are produced the stinkhorns, which at first look like eggs; ..."

2. The Mushroom Book: A Popular Guide to the Identification and Study of Our by Nina Lovering Marshall (1901)
"GENUS PHALLUS stinkhorns The genus Phallus may be readily distinguished by the cylindrical shape of the spore receptacles and the intolerable odour. ..."

3. Diseases of Cultivated Plants and Trees by George Massee (1913)
"The puffballs (Lycoperdon), bird's-nest fungi (Cyathus), stinkhorns ... The strong smell of the stinkhorns is for the purpose of attracting flies, ..."

4. Diseases of Cultivated Plants and Trees by George Massee (1915)
"The puffballs (Lycoperdon), bird's-nest fungi (Cyathus), stinkhorns ... The strong smell of the stinkhorns is for the purpose of attracting flies, ..."

5. A Text-book of Psychology by Edward Bradford Titchener (1909)
"Carrion flowers, stinkhorns, water from wilted flower stems, decaying animal matter, faeces. All of these classes may be further subdivided, ..."

6. A Text-book of Psychology by Edward Bradford Titchener (1909)
"Carrion flowers, stinkhorns, water from wilted flower stems, decaying animal matter, faeces. All of these classes may be further subdivided, ..."

7. A Text-book of psychology by Edward Bradford Titchener (1910)
"Carrion flowers, stinkhorns, water from wilted flower stems, decaying animal matter, faeces. All of these classes may be further subdivided, ..."

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