EXENTERATE
\ɛɡzˈɛntəɹˌe͡ɪt], \ɛɡzˈɛntəɹˌeɪt], \ɛ_ɡ_z_ˈɛ_n_t_ə_ɹ_ˌeɪ_t]\
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eks-en't[.e]r-[=a]t, v.t. to disembowel.--p.adj. disembowelled.--n. EXENTER[=A]'TION. [L. exenter[=a]re--Gr. ex, out, enteron, intestine.]
By Thomas Davidson
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Disembowel (only fig.). So exenteration n. [Latin]
By Sir Augustus Henry
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).