'Fungia' definitions:
Definition of 'Fungia'
(from WordNet)
noun
A genus comprising the usual mushroom corals [syn: Fungia, genus Fungia]
Definition of 'Fungia'
From: GCIDE
- Fungia \Fun"gi*a\, n. [NL., fr. L. fungus mushroom: cf. F. fongie.] (Zool.) A genus of simple, stony corals; -- so called because they are usually flat and circular, with radiating plates, like the gills of a mushroom. Some of them are eighteen inches in diameter. [1913 Webster]