SAUROGNATHÆ
\sˌɔːɹəɡnˈaθə], \sˌɔːɹəɡnˈaθə], \s_ˌɔː_ɹ_ə_ɡ_n_ˈa_θ_ə]\
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saw-rog'n[=a]-th[=e], n.pl. a family of birds containing the woodpeckers and their allies.--n. SAUROG'N[=A]THISM, the peculiar arrangement of the bones of their palates.--adj. SAUROG'N[=A]THOUS. [Gr. sauros, a lizard, gnathos, the jaw.]
By Thomas Davidson
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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).