NASALIS LABII SUPERIORIS
\ne͡ɪzˈɑːliz lˈe͡ɪbɪˌa͡ɪ suːpˈi͡əɹi͡əɹˌɪs], \neɪzˈɑːliz lˈeɪbɪˌaɪ suːpˈiəɹiəɹˌɪs], \n_eɪ_z_ˈɑː_l_i_z l_ˈeɪ_b_ɪ__ˌaɪ s_uː_p_ˈiə_ɹ_iə_ɹ_ˌɪ_s]\
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A small muscular slip, which runs up from the middle of the orbicularis and the lip to the tip of the nose. It lies exactly in the furrow, and is occasionally a levator of the upper lip, or a depressor of the tip of the nose.
By Robley Dunglison
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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).
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