NICTATING
\nˈɪkte͡ɪtɪŋ], \nˈɪkteɪtɪŋ], \n_ˈɪ_k_t_eɪ_t_ɪ_ŋ]\
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[Latin] Winking; as N. spasm. N. membrane, the third eyelid of animals, a reduplication of the conjunctiva usually concealed beneath the lower lid, but which can be protruded so as to cover the eyeball.
By Alexander Duane
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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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).