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sewage fungus

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.24 in modern English

Syllables
sewage -fun-gus
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A filamentous colony of bacteria (e.g. Sphaerotilus natans) and fungi (e.g. Fusarium aqueductum), protozoa and other species, which may be found adhering to surfaces in sewage treatment plants or in natural waters as a result of the discharge of incompletely treated waste water.

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What does sewage fungus mean?
A filamentous colony of bacteria (e.g. Sphaerotilus natans) and fungi (e.g. Fusarium aqueductum), protozoa and other species, which may be found adhering to surfaces in sewage treatment plants or in natural waters as a result of the discharge of incompletely treated waste water.

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