EMBRYOTHLASTA
\ˈɛmbɹɪˌɒθlastə], \ˈɛmbɹɪˌɒθlastə], \ˈɛ_m_b_ɹ_ɪ__ˌɒ_θ_l_a_s_t_ə]\
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An instrument for dividing the foetus piecemeal, in order to effect delivery. A crotchet or other instrument, used, in certain cases of laborious parturition, to break the bones of the foetus, for the purpose of extracting them with greater facility. -Hippocrates, Galen.
By Robley Dunglison
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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).