KETTLEDRUM
\kˈɛtə͡ldɹəm], \kˈɛtəldɹəm], \k_ˈɛ_t_əl_d_ɹ_ə_m]\
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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A musical instrument, consisting of a brass hemispherical shell, with a parchment head; formerly used by mounted troops, now chiefly in orchestras.
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A ladies informal afternoon party; so named from parties in India, where drumheads served for tables.
By James Champlin Fernald
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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).