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mechovka

mechovka

Czech

Noun

mechovka obecná (Clitopilus prunulus)
mechovka hadovitá (Cristatella mucedo), a representative of Bryozoa
mechovka, mechová růže (Rosa × centifolia var. Muscosa)

mechovka f

  1. ClitopilusWP WSp (genus of fungi in the family EntolomataceaeWP WSp)
  2. moss animal, bryozoan, a representative of the phylum Bryozoa
  3. Rosa × centifoliaWP WSp var. muscosa (a kind of a hybrid rose)

Declension

Usage notes

Czech names of Bryozoa and some of its subgroups are often used ambiguously. While some authors use the name mechovky for the whole phylum Bryozoa,[3] others call them mechovci, leaving the name mechovky only for its class Phylactolaemata.[4] Then singular mechovka refers to any representative of the groups. Besides this, the name mechovka is also used for many (but not all) of the genera from various classes of the phylum Bryozoa.[5]

Related terms

  • mech
  • mecháček
  • mechovec
  • mechový
  • omšelý

Synonyms

  • (Rosa × centifolia var. Muscosa): mechová růže

Hypernyms

  • (genus Clitopilus): houby – kingdom; stopkovýtrusné – division; rouškaté – class; pečárkotvaré – order; závojenkovité – family
  • (phylum Bryozoa): živočichové – kingdom; prvoústí – clade
  • (species Rosa × centifolia var. Muscosa): rostliny – kingdom; vyšší rostliny – subkingdom; krytosemenné – clade; vyšší dvouděložné – clade; růžotvaré – order; růžovité – family; růže – genus; růže stolistá – species
  • (phylum Bryozoa):

Hyponyms

  • (genus Clitopilus): mechovka běloučká, mechovka Hobsonova, mechovka obecná, mechovka prostřední

References

  1. ↑ Jan Bezděk (1901) Houby jedlé a jim podobné jedovaté, volume 1, Praha
  2. ↑ Irena Šetlíková; et al. (2005). "Nepůvodní druh mechovky na Třeboňsku". Živa. No. 4 (Academia). p. 172. Retrieved 2016-01-09.
  3. ↑ "Kmen Bryozoa – mechovky". Západočeská univerzita v Plzni: Centrum biologie, geověd a envigogiky. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  4. ↑ "třída: mechovky: Phylactolaemata". BioLib.cz. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  5. ↑ "nalezené národní názvy". BioLib.cz. Retrieved 2016-01-08.

Etymology

From mech +‎ -ovka

  • (Clitopilus): First used by Czech botanist Jan Bezděk in 1901.[1] The name probably refers to the fact that the fungus often grows in moss (Czech mech).
  • (moss animal): Calque of Bryozoa, from Ancient Greek βρύον ‎(brúon, “moss”) + ζῷα ‎(zôia), which is a plural of ζῷον ‎(zôion, “animal”). It refers to the fact that colonies of some species of these animals resemble moss (Czech mech).[2]
  • (Rosa × centifolia var. Muscosa): Refers to the moss-like surface of the sepal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛxofka/
  • Rhymes: -ofka
  • Hyphenation: me‧chov‧ka

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