ˈkäprənəs, kəˈprīnəs noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek koprinos of dung, from kopros dung; from the habitat of some species — more at copr-
: a genus of black-spored agarics of the family Agaricaceae in which the pileus breaks down at maturity into an inky fluid — see shaggymane