CLASS MYXOMYCETES
Dictionary entry overview: What does class Myxomycetes mean?
• CLASS MYXOMYCETES (noun)
The noun CLASS MYXOMYCETES has 1 sense:
1. the class of true slime molds; essentially equivalent to the division Myxomycota
Familiarity information: CLASS MYXOMYCETES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CLASS MYXOMYCETES (noun)
Meaning:
The class of true slime molds; essentially equivalent to the division Myxomycota
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
class Myxomycetes; Myxomycetes
Hypernyms ("class Myxomycetes" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Meronyms (members of "class Myxomycetes"):
acellular slime mold; myxomycete; plasmodial slime mold; true slime mold (a slime mold of the class Myxomycetes)
Holonyms ("class 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)