GIBLETS
\d͡ʒˈɪbləts], \dʒˈɪbləts], \dʒ_ˈɪ_b_l_ə_t_s]\
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By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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According to Minsheu. from Gobbet, 'a mouthful'[?]; but,according to Junius,from (F.) Gibier, 'game.' The word seems to be the old (F.) Gibelez, Gibelet, i. e. Gibier, (L.) Cibarium, 'food,' (F.) Abattis. It means, generally, the parts which are cut off from a goose before it is roasted. Also, the extremities of fowls, such as the head, wings, feet; to which are sometimes added the liver, gizzard, &c. Soup, made from these, is moderately nutritious.
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).