SPECIOUS
\spˈiːʃəs], \spˈiːʃəs], \s_p_ˈiː_ʃ_ə_s]\
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plausible but false; "specious reasoning"; "the spurious inferences from obsolescent notions of causality"- Ethel Albert
By Princeton University
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plausible but false; "specious reasoning"; "the spurious inferences from obsolescent notions of causality"- Ethel Albert
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Presenting a pleasing appearance; pleasing in form or look; showy.
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Apparently right; superficially fair, just, or correct, but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible; as, specious reasoning; a specious argument.
By Oddity Software
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Appearing right at first sight but not really so; apparently, but not actually, fair, just, or right; as, a specious argument.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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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).