HIRUDA MEDICINALIS
\hɜːjˈuːdə mˌɛdɪsɪnˈɑːliz], \hɜːjˈuːdə mˌɛdɪsɪnˈɑːliz], \h_ɜː_j_ˈuː_d_ə m_ˌɛ_d_ɪ_s_ɪ_n_ˈɑː_l_i_z]\
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The speckled leech; an aquatic species found throughout Europe, but especially in the northern parts. It has an olive-green back, with 6 dorsal stripes interrupted with black spots, and a belly yellowish green or spotted with black, and 86 teeth. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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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).
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