WEEVILS
\wˈiːvə͡lz], \wˈiːvəlz], \w_ˈiː_v_əl_z]\
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[A.S.] (Entom.) Rhyncophora [Gr.] (long-snouted) ; tetramerous beetles. Larvae very destructive of most vegetable substances.
By Henry Percy Smith
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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).