CLASS ZYGOMYCETES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does class Zygomycetes mean? 

• CLASS ZYGOMYCETES (noun)
  The noun CLASS ZYGOMYCETES has 1 sense:

1. class of fungi coextensive with subdivision Zygomycota

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLASS ZYGOMYCETES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Class of fungi coextensive with subdivision Zygomycota

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

class Zygomycetes; Zygomycetes

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

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

Meronyms (members of "class Zygomycetes"):

Mucorales; order Mucorales (an order of mostly saprophytic fungi)

Entomophthorales; order Entomophthorales (coextensive with the family Entomophthoraceae)

Holonyms ("class Zygomycetes" is a member of...):

subdivision Zygomycota; subdivision Zygomycotina; Zygomycota; Zygomycotina (division of fungi having sexually produced zygospores)