ANIMAL LIFE
\ˈanɪmə͡l lˈa͡ɪf], \ˈanɪməl lˈaɪf], \ˈa_n_ɪ_m_əl l_ˈaɪ_f]\
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The manifestations of l. in an animal as contrasted with a plant.
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The manifestations of l. dependent especially upon the cerebrospinal nervous system and the skeletal muscles in contradistinction to the purely vegetative functions of digestion, respiration, etc. See psychic I. and I. (1st def.).
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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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).