1. a fungus that attacks living fish and tadpoles and spawn causing white fungus disease: a coating of white hyphae on especially peripheral parts (as fins); [syn: white fungus, Saprolegnia ferax]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Saprolegnia ferax
n 1: a fungus that attacks living fish and tadpoles and spawn
causing white fungus disease: a coating of white hyphae on
especially peripheral parts (as fins) [syn: white fungus,
Saprolegnia ferax]