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oomycote

oomycote noun: any of a group of filamentous protists variously classified as the phylum Oomycota or the class Oomycetes in a more broadly circumscribed phylum.

Noun

oomycote (plural oomycotes)

  1. Any of a group of filamentous protists variously classified as the phylum Oomycota or the class Oomycetes in a more broadly circumscribed phylum.
    • Marine oomycotes are eukaryotic mycelial decomposers that have swimming, biflagellate propagules and lie in the Kingdom Chromista (or Protoctista), phylum Oomycota.2007, M.P. Weinstein, Concepts and Controversies in Tidal Marsh Ecology, page 163
    Synonyms:
    water mould, water mold

Synonyms of oomycote

Forms of oomycote

pluraloomycotes

Origin of oomycote

From oo- + -mycote.

Questions about oomycote

What does oomycote mean?
Oomycote means any of a group of filamentous protists variously classified as the phylum Oomycota or the class Oomycetes in a more broadly circumscribed phylum.
What part of speech is oomycote?
Oomycote is a noun.
What is the plural of oomycote?
The plural of oomycote is oomycotes.

Words near oomycote in the dictionary

  1. oomycetes
  2. oomyceticidal
  3. oomycetous
  4. oomycide
  5. oomycides
  6. oomycote
  7. oomycotes
  8. oon
  9. Oona
  10. Oonagh
  11. Oonah

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