ˈfīkəs noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, fig — more at fig
1. : a large genus of tropical trees or shrubs (family Moraceae) distinguished usually by their leaves and by their fruit which consists of a pear-shaped or globose receptacle enclosing numerous minute diclinous flowers — see banyan , fig 2a, pipal , rubber plant
2. : the type genus of Ficidae comprising gastropods with light thin spirally ribbed and sculptured shells that are more or less pear-shaped or fig-shaped — compare figshell