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CLASS ZYGOMYCETES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Class of fungi coextensive with subdivision Zygomycota
Synonyms:
class Zygomycetes; Zygomycetes
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("class Zygomycetes" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Meronyms (members of "class Zygomycetes"):
Mucorales; order Mucorales (an order of mostly saprophytic fungi)
Entomophthorales; order Entomophthorales (coextensive with the family Entomophthoraceae)
Holonyms ("class Zygomycetes" is a member of...):
subdivision Zygomycota; subdivision Zygomycotina; Zygomycota; Zygomycotina (division of fungi having sexually produced zygospores)