THROSTLE
\θɹˈɒsə͡l], \θɹˈɒsəl], \θ_ɹ_ˈɒ_s_əl]\
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common Old World thrush noted for its song
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a spinning machine formerly used to twist and wind fibers of cotton or wool continuously
By Princeton University
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common Old World thrush noted for its song
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a spinning machine formerly used to twist and wind fibers of cotton or wool continuously
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A machine for spinning wool, cotton, etc., from the rove, consisting of a set of drawing rollers with bobbins and flyers, and differing from the mule in having the twisting apparatus stationary and the processes continuous; -- so called because it makes a singing noise.
By Oddity Software
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A machine for spinning wool, cotton, etc., from the rove, consisting of a set of drawing rollers with bobbins and flyers, and differing from the mule in having the twisting apparatus stationary and the processes continuous; -- so called because it makes a singing noise.
By Noah Webster.
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The song-thrush or mavis, a bird of the genus Turdus, the T. musicus; a machine for spinning wool, cotton, etc., from the rove, consisting of a set of drawing rollers with bobbins and flyers, and differing from the mule in having the twisting apparatus stationary-so named from the noise it makes, which resembles the singing of a thrush: called also water-frame because at first driven by water.
By Daniel Lyons
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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).