Caribou eat almost only lichen during the winter.
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Lichen
//ˈlaɪ.kən//
Synonyms for "lichen" (95 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (29)
Related words (47)
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1 entriesrelated to
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
Translations
101 translations across 74 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- liken noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- λειχήν noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Arabic
2 entries- أُشْنَة noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
- حَزَاز noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Armenian
1 entries- քարաքոս noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- şibyə noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Basque
1 entries- liken noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Belarusian
2 entries- ліша́й noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
- ліша́йнік noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Bengali
1 entries- শৈবাল noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Bulgarian
1 entries- ли́шей noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Burmese
1 entries- လေသိုက် noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Catalan
1 entries- liquen noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 地衣 noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Czech
1 entries- lišejník noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Danish
1 entries- lav noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Dutch
1 entries- korstmos noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Esperanto
1 entries- likeno noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Estonian
1 entries- samblik noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Faroese
1 entries- skón noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Finnish
1 entries- jäkälä noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
French
1 entries- lichen noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Friulian
1 entries- lichil noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Galician
4 entries- calquizo noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
- escamenta noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
- lique noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
- orcelo noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Georgian
1 entries- ლიქენი noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
German
1 entries- Flechte noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Greek
1 entries- λειχήνα noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Hebrew
1 entries- חֲזָזִית noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Hindi
4 entries- काई noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
- लाइकेन noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
- शैक noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
- शैवाक noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Hungarian
1 entries- zuzmó noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Icelandic
2 entries- flétta noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
- skóf noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Ingrian
2 entries- kangassammal noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
- kantosammal noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Irish
1 entries- léicean noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Italian
1 entries- lichene noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Japanese
1 entries- 地衣類 noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Kazakh
1 entries- қына noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Khmer
1 entries- កវកាប្យ noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Korean
1 entries- 지의류 noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- эңилчек noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Lao
1 entries- ຜາກ noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Latin
1 entries- līchēn noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Latvian
1 entries- ķērpis noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Lithuanian
1 entries- kerpės noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Macedonian
1 entries- лишај noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Malay
2 entries- kulampair noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
- liken noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Marathi
4 entries- गिरीपुष्पक noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
- दगडफूल noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
- धोंडफूल noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
- फत्तरफूल noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Mongolian
2 entries- хаг өвс noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
- ᠬᠠᠭ ᠡᠪᠡᠰᠦ noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Māori
4 entries- angiangi noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
- hawa noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
- mūna noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
- pukoko noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Navajo
1 entries- dláád noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- lav noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- lav noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Old English
1 entries- ragu noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- طاش مانطاری noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
- مانطار noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Persian
1 entries- گلسنگ noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Polish
2 entries- liszaj noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
- porost noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Portuguese
1 entries- líquen noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Romanian
1 entries- lichen noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Russian
2 entries- лиша́й noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
- лиша́йник noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- lȉšāj noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
- ли̏ша̄ј noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Shor
1 entries- сырынма noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Slovak
1 entries- lišajník noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Slovene
1 entries- lišaj noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Spanish
1 entries- liquen noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Swedish
1 entries- lav noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Tagalog
1 entries- ligbus noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Tajik
1 entries- гулсанг noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Tatar
1 entries- лишайник noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Thai
3 entries- ตะไคร่ noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
- ตะไคร่น้ำ noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
- หญ้าม็อส noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Turkish
1 entries- liken noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Ukrainian
1 entries- лиша́йник noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- lišawa noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Urdu
1 entries- اشنہ noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Uyghur
1 entries- مۇخ noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Uzbek
1 entries- lishaynik noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Vietnamese
1 entries- địa y noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Welsh
1 entries- cen noun (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
The Beaches of Lukannon–the winter wheat so tall, / The dripping, crinkled lichens, and the sea-fog drenching all!
Source: wiktionary
It was the same rich green that one sees on forest moss or on the lichen in caves: plants which like these grow in a perpetual twilight.
Source: wiktionary
The nibble marks of the stone adze were still visible, though crusted over with scale lichens in most places.
Source: wiktionary
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