Water Mold (Noun)
Meaning
Parasitic or saprobic organisms living chiefly in fresh water or moist soil.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Scientists studied the water mold that infected a large portion of the freshwater fish population in the lake.
- The aquatic ecosystem was disrupted by the sudden rise of water mold, which broke down organic matter and depleting the oxygen levels.
- The water mold's hyphae branched out and engulfed surrounding cells, eventually killing the host organism.
- Researchers isolated a new species of water mold from the moist soil of a temperate forest in the northeastern United States.
- The genus Saprolegnia is a common type of water mold that causes disease in fish and plants, especially in warm and standing water.