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CLASS ACRASIOMYCETES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does class Acrasiomycetes mean? 

CLASS ACRASIOMYCETES (noun)
  The noun CLASS ACRASIOMYCETES has 1 sense:

1. cellular slime molds; in some classifications placed in kingdom Protoctistaplay

  Familiarity information: CLASS ACRASIOMYCETES used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CLASS ACRASIOMYCETES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Cellular slime molds; in some classifications placed in kingdom Protoctista

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Acrasiomycetes; class Acrasiomycetes

Hypernyms ("class Acrasiomycetes" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "class Acrasiomycetes"):

cellular slime mold (differing from true slime molds in being cellular and nucleate throughout the life cycle)

genus Dictostylium (genus of slime molds that grow on dung and decaying vegetation)

Holonyms ("class Acrasiomycetes" 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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