PUNCH AND JUDY
\pˈʌnt͡ʃ and d͡ʒˈuːdi], \pˈʌntʃ and dʒˈuːdi], \p_ˈʌ_n_tʃ a_n_d dʒ_ˈuː_d_i]\
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A popular puppet-show. The common notion, that it is so called from Pontius (Pilate) and Judas (Iscariot), is rejected by Mr. Skeat, who traces Punch, as a shortened form of Punchinello, to the L. pullus, the young of anything; Judy coming, as he supposes, from Judith, once a common female name.
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).
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