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CLASS MYXOMYCETES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The class of true slime molds; essentially equivalent to the division Myxomycota
Synonyms:
class Myxomycetes; Myxomycetes
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("class Myxomycetes" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Meronyms (members of "class Myxomycetes"):
acellular slime mold; myxomycete; plasmodial slime mold; true slime mold (a slime mold of the class Myxomycetes)
Holonyms ("class Myxomycetes" is a member of...):
division Gymnomycota; division Myxomycota; Gymnomycota; Myxomycota (slime molds; organisms having a noncellular and multinucleate creeping vegetative phase and a propagative spore-producing stage: comprises Myxomycetes and Acrasiomycetes; in some classifications placed in the kingdom Protoctista)
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