SPUR-WING
\spˈɜːwˈɪŋ], \spˈɜːwˈɪŋ], \s_p_ˈɜː_w_ˈɪ_ŋ]\
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The English name for a species of wading birds of the genus Parra, having the wing armed with a bony spur; they inhabit Africa and South America: the name given to the species of geese of the genus Plectropterus, which are natives of Africa, and have two strong spurs on the shoulder of the wing.
By Daniel Lyons
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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).