TELEPHOTE
\tˈɛlɪfˌə͡ʊt], \tˈɛlɪfˌəʊt], \t_ˈɛ_l_ɪ_f_ˌəʊ_t]\
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By Noah Webster.
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tel'[=e]-f[=o]t, n. an instrument for reproducing images of objects at a distance by means of electricity.--ns. TELEPH[=O]'TOGRAPH, a picture so produced; TELEPHOTOG'RAPHY, the art of producing such--still a dream of the future. [Gr. t[=e]le, far, ph[=o]s, ph[=o]tos, light.]
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).