NISUS
\nˈɪsəs], \nˈɪsəs], \n_ˈɪ_s_ə_s]\
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The periodic procreative desire manifested in the spring by birds, etc.
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The contraction of the diaphragm and abdominal muscles to evacuate feces or urine.
By Oddity Software
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The periodic procreative desire manifested in the spring by birds, etc.
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The contraction of the diaphragm and abdominal muscles to evacuate feces or urine.
By Noah Webster.
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A voluntary retention of the breath, so as to force down the diaphragm; the abdominal muscles being at the same time contracted forcibly. In this manner the contents of the abdomen are compressed; and the evacuation of the faeces, urine, &c., is effected.
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Effort-n. Formativus, Plastic force.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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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).