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OOMYCETES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Nonphotosynthetic fungi that resemble algae and that reproduce by forming oospores; sometimes classified as protoctists
Synonyms:
class Oomycetes; Oomycetes
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Oomycetes" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Meronyms (members of "Oomycetes"):
order Saprolegniales; Saprolegniales (order of chiefly aquatic fungi)
order Peronosporales; Peronosporales (order of chiefly parasitic lower fungi: Albuginaceae and Peronosporaceae and Pythiaceae)
family Plasmodiophoraceae; Plasmodiophoraceae (family of fungi often causing hypertrophy in seed plants)
Holonyms ("Oomycetes" is a member of...):
Mastigomycota; Mastigomycotina; subdivision Mastigomycota; subdivision Mastigomycotina (fungi in which the spores and gametes are motile; in some systems placed in the Phycomycetes group with the Zygomycota)
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