BLURGLE
\blˈɜːɡə͡l], \blˈɜːɡəl], \b_l_ˈɜː_ɡ_əl]\
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/bler'gl/ [Great Britain] Spoken metasyntactic variable, toindicate some text that is obvious from context, or which isalready known. If several words are to be replaced, blurglemay well be doubled or trebled. "To look for something inseveral files use "grep string blurgle blurgle"." In eachcase, "blurgle blurgle" would be understood to be replaced bythe file you wished to search. Compare mumble.
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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).