Bovista
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From German Bovist, from older vohenfist (literally “vixen's fart”), from Middle High German vohe (“vixen”) + vist (“soft fart”),[1] from Old High German foha vist (“vixen fart”).
Proper noun[edit]
Bovista f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Agaricaceae – the true puffballs.
Hyponyms[edit]
- (true puffballs): Bovista plumbea - type species; for other species, see Bovista at MycoBank
References[edit]
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1995) “Bofist m., Bovist m.”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 23rd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 123
Further reading[edit]
Bovista on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Bovista on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Bovista on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Bovista at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Bovista at MycoBank
- Bovista at Encyclopedia of Life
