aegagropila
noun
ae·ga·grop·i·la
ˌē-gə-ˈgrä-pə-lə
1
or less commonly aegagropile
or egagropile
plural aegagropilas or aegagropilae
ē-ˈga-grō-ˌpīl
ˌē-gə-ˈgrä-pə-ˌlē
also aegagropiles or egagropiles
: a ball of hair or a concretion found in the stomach of the goat and other ruminants
2
plural aegagropilas or aegagropilae
: a ball-shaped mass of hairlike filaments formed by some algae (as certain species of the genus Cladophora)
3
capitalized in some classifications
: a genus of algae comprising all forms forming aegagropilas
aegagropilous
adjective
¦ē-gə-¦grä-pə-ləs
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