HORNS OF A DILEMMA
\hˈɔːnz əvə da͡ɪlˈɛmə], \hˈɔːnz əvə daɪlˈɛmə], \h_ˈɔː_n_z ə_v_ə d_aɪ_l_ˈɛ_m_ə]\
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A metaphor for grave practical difficulties when of two or more courses of action both or all appear equally imprudent or dangerous; borrowed from the argument so called, in Logic [Gr.], in which an adversary is caught between two difficulties.
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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