SCANNING
\skˈanɪŋ], \skˈanɪŋ], \s_k_ˈa_n_ɪ_ŋ]\
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n. Act of looking on, examining, or measuring with a critical eye;-act of measuring verse or lines of poetry with regard to the number of feet, and the length or quantity of the syllable In each foot;—also, act of reciting verse, so as to distinguish syllables and feet.
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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).