What is the definition of Scolopaceous?

SCOLOPACEOUS

\skˌɒləpˈe͡ɪʃəs], \skˌɒləpˈe‍ɪʃəs], \s_k_ˌɒ_l_ə_p_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_s]\

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skol-[=o]-p[=a]'shi-us, adj. resembling a snipe.--n.pl. SCOLOPAC'IDÃ†, a family of wading-birds containing snipes, &c.--adjs. SCOL'OPACINE, SCOL'OPACOID.--n. SCOL'OPAX. [L. scolopax, a snipe.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

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).