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dead-man's fingers
[ ded-manz, -muhnz ]
noun
- any of various fungi, sponges, plant roots, animal parts, etc., having fingerlike projections and a pale or dull color, as the gray-black woodland fungus Xylaria polymorpha or the whitish spongy gills of a food crab.
dead man's fingers
noun
- functioning as singular a soft coral, Alcyonium digitatum, with long finger-like polyps
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dead-man's fingers1
First recorded in 1595–1605
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Example Sentences
Dead-man’s fingers is a fine uncanny name for the innocent Orchis maculata, and refers to its branching white tuber.
From Project Gutenberg
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