PYX
\pˈɪks], \pˈɪks], \p_ˈɪ_k_s]\
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The box in which the compass is suspended; the binnacle.
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Same as Pyxis.
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To test as to weight and fineness, as the coins deposited in the pyx.
By Oddity Software
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In the Roman Catholic Church, the box or container in which the consecrated wafer or Host is placed.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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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).