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ZYGOMYCOTA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Division of fungi having sexually produced zygospores
Synonyms:
subdivision Zygomycota; subdivision Zygomycotina; Zygomycota; Zygomycotina
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Zygomycota" is a kind of...):
division ((botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum)
Meronyms (members of "Zygomycota"):
class Zygomycetes; Zygomycetes (class of fungi coextensive with subdivision Zygomycota)
Holonyms ("Zygomycota" 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))