SWATTER
\swˈɒtə], \swˈɒtə], \s_w_ˈɒ_t_ə]\
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an implement with a flat part (of mesh or plastic) and a long handle; used to kill insects
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splash and flutter about in or as if in water; "She swattered about in the pool"
By Princeton University
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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).