MASTIGOMYCOTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mastigomycota mean? 

• MASTIGOMYCOTA (noun)
  The noun MASTIGOMYCOTA has 1 sense:

1. fungi in which the spores and gametes are motile; in some systems placed in the Phycomycetes group with the Zygomycota

  Familiarity information: MASTIGOMYCOTA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MASTIGOMYCOTA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fungi in which the spores and gametes are motile; in some systems placed in the Phycomycetes group with the Zygomycota

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Mastigomycota; Mastigomycotina; subdivision Mastigomycota; subdivision Mastigomycotina

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

division ((botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum)

Meronyms (members of "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 ("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))