ARCHæOLOGY
\ˈɑːt͡ʃ ˌe͡ɪtˈɪldə ˈɒləd͡ʒi], \ˈɑːtʃ ˌeɪtˈɪldə ˈɒlədʒi], \ˈɑː_tʃ ˌeɪ__t_ˈɪ_l_d_ə_ ˈɒ_l_ə_dʒ_i]\
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ärk-e-ol'oj-i, n. a knowledge of ancient art, customs, &c.: the science which deduces a knowledge of past times from the study of their existing remains.--adj. ARCHÆOLOG'ICAL.--adv. ARCHÆOLOG'ICALLY.--n. ARCHÆOL'OGIST. [Gr. archaios, ancient--arch[=e], beginning, and logos, discourse.]
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).