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\nɪkˈɒlə͡ʊ fɹˈankə͡ʊ], \nɪkˈɒləʊ fɹˈankəʊ], \n_ɪ_k_ˈɒ_l_əʊ f_ɹ_ˈa_n_k_əʊ]\
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An Italian poet (1505-69). He was long the intimate friend of Pietro Aretino, and his rival in licentiousness of verse; at Rome he was punished repeatedly for his offenses against decency, and at last hanged for his satires against Pius V. Among his works are: "Popular Epistles" (1538); "Piscatorial Eclogues"; "Priapea".
By Charles Dudley Warner
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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).