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    MYXOMYCETES

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The class of true slime molds; essentially equivalent to the division Myxomycotaplay

    Synonyms:

    class Myxomycetes; Myxomycetes

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Myxomycetes" is a kind of...):

    class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

    Meronyms (members of "Myxomycetes"):

    acellular slime mold; myxomycete; plasmodial slime mold; true slime mold (a slime mold of the class Myxomycetes)

    Holonyms ("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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