SHALE
\ʃˈe͡ɪl], \ʃˈeɪl], \ʃ_ˈeɪ_l]\
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A shell or husk; a cod or pod.
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A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.
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A shell or husk; a cod or pod.
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A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.
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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).