SCANSORES
\skˈansɔːz], \skˈansɔːz], \s_k_ˈa_n_s_ɔː_z]\
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An artifical group of birds formerly regarded as an order. They are distributed among several orders by modern ornithologists.
By Oddity Software
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An artifical group of birds formerly regarded as an order. They are distributed among several orders by modern ornithologists.
By Noah Webster.
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skan-s[=o]'r[=e]z, n.pl. an old order of birds generally characterised by having two toes before opposed by two behind, by which they are enabled to climb.--adj. SCANS[=O]'RIAL, habitually climbing, as a bird: formed for climbing.--n. SCANS[=O]'RIUS, a muscle passing from the ilium to the femur in some vertebrata. [Low L., pl. of scansor, scansoris, a climber--L. scand[)e]re, scansum, to climb.]
By Thomas Davidson
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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).