MONOCULUS
\mɒnˈə͡ʊkjʊləs], \mɒnˈəʊkjʊləs], \m_ɒ_n_ˈəʊ_k_j_ʊ_l_ə_s]\
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From monos, and oculus, "an eye." A bandage employed to maintain topical applications over one of the eyes. This bandage, called by some surgeons Simplex Eil simple, is made of a roller three or four ells long, rolled into a single ball. See cyclops.
By Robley Dunglison
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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).