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ACRASIOMYCETES

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Cellular slime molds; in some classifications placed in kingdom Protoctista

Synonyms:

Acrasiomycetes; class Acrasiomycetes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "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 ("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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