RAISED BEACHES
\ɹˈe͡ɪzd bˈiːt͡ʃɪz], \ɹˈeɪzd bˈiːtʃɪz], \ɹ_ˈeɪ_z_d b_ˈiː_tʃ_ɪ_z]\
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Accumulations of water-worn stones, piled up by wave and tide, in exposed districts, the sand, etc., being swept onwards to more sheltered parts; e.g. Northam, N. Devon. When to this movement is added a lateral tide current, they move along the coast as Travelling B.; e.g. Chesil Bank [cf. Ger.], on the Dorset coast. When to this movement is added a lateral tide current, they move along the coast as Travelling B.; e.g. Chesil Bank [cf.], on the Dorset coast.
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).