REVENONS A NOS MOUTONS
\ɹˈɛvənənz ɐ nˈɒs mˈa͡ʊtənz], \ɹˈɛvənənz ɐ nˈɒs mˈaʊtənz], \ɹ_ˈɛ_v_ə_n_ə_n_z ɐ n_ˈɒ_s m_ˈaʊ_t_ə_n_z]\
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[Fr.] In a French farce, Patelin, Guillaume, a draper, is robbed of some sheep by his shepherd, Agnelet, and of some cloth by P., an advocate. At the trial of A., G. recognizes in A.'s advocate the thief P., and, confusedly mixing up in his answers cloth and sheep, is recalled by the judge, who says, "Revenons," etc.
By Henry Percy Smith
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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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