Bovista

noun

Bo·​vis·​ta

bōˈvistə

: a genus of basidiomycetes (family Lycoperdaceae) including various puffballs having a thin peridium at maturity

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from German bofist, bovist puffball, alteration of Middle High German vohenvist, from vohe she-fox (from Old High German foha) + vist, vīst emission of gas from the colon

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