MARCUS PACUVIUS
\mˈɑːkəs pakjˈuːvɪəs], \mˈɑːkəs pakjˈuːvɪəs], \m_ˈɑː_k_ə_s p_a_k_j_ˈuː_v_ɪ__ə_s]\
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A Roman tragic poet; born at Brundisium about 219 B. C.; died about 129 B. C. His plays are nearly all founded on Greek subjects connected with the Trojan war: except fragments preserved in the writings of Cicero and in the "Attic Nights" of Gellius, they are all lost. Among these fragments is one in which the poet is seen to have been a rather bold free-thinker, considering the age in which he lived: "They who understand the notes of birds" (i. e., augurs, haruspices, etc.), "and derive their wisdom more from examining the livers of other creatures than from their own[wit]. I think should be rather heard than needed".
By Charles Dudley Warner
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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).