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    OOMYCETES

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Nonphotosynthetic fungi that resemble algae and that reproduce by forming oospores; sometimes classified as protoctistsplay

    Synonyms:

    class Oomycetes; Oomycetes

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    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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