class myxomycetes

English Thesaurus

1. the class of true slime molds; essentially equivalent to the division Myxomycota (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	class,
definition	:	(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders (noun.group)

member holonym	:	acellular slime mold, myxomycete, plasmodial slime mold, true slime mold,
definition	:	a slime mold of the class Myxomycetes (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	division gymnomycota, division myxomycota, gymnomycota, myxomycota,
definition	:	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 (noun.plant)