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SUBDIVISION MASTIGOMYCOTA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fungi in which the spores and gametes are motile; in some systems placed in the Phycomycetes group with the Zygomycota
Synonyms:
Mastigomycota; Mastigomycotina; subdivision Mastigomycota; subdivision Mastigomycotina
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("subdivision Mastigomycota" is a kind of...):
division ((botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum)
Meronyms (members of "subdivision Mastigomycota"):
class Oomycetes; Oomycetes (nonphotosynthetic fungi that resemble algae and that reproduce by forming oospores; sometimes classified as protoctists)
Chytridiomycetes; class Chytridiomycetes (a class of mostly aquatic fungi; saprophytic or parasitic on algae or fungi or plants)
Holonyms ("subdivision Mastigomycota" is a member of...):
division Eumycota; Eumycota (true fungi; eukaryotic heterotrophic walled organisms; distinguished from Myxomycota (funguslike slime molds): comprises subdivisions Mastigomycotina; Zygomycotina; Ascomycotina; Basidiomycotina; Deuteromycotina (imperfect fungi))
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