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Trichomycetes

Trichomycetes noun: a group of fungi in the division Zygomycota that grow in the guts of arthropods living in aquatic habitats. Species formerly placed in the Trichomycetes are now placed in the orders Harpellales and Asellariales.

Noun

Trichomycetes pl (plural only)

  1. (obsolete, plural, plural-only) A group of fungi in the division Zygomycota that grow in the guts of arthropods living in aquatic habitats. Species formerly placed in the Trichomycetes are now placed in the orders Harpellales and Asellariales.

Questions about Trichomycetes

What does Trichomycetes mean?
Trichomycetes means a group of fungi in the division Zygomycota that grow in the guts of arthropods living in aquatic habitats. Species formerly placed in the Trichomycetes are now placed in the orders Harpellales and Asellariales.
What part of speech is Trichomycetes?
Trichomycetes is a noun.

Words near Trichomycetes in the dictionary

  1. trichomonas
  2. trichomoniases
  3. trichomoniasis
  4. trichomonoses
  5. trichomonosis
  6. Trichomycetes
  7. trichomycoses
  8. trichomycosis
  9. trichomycterid
  10. trichomycterids
  11. trichoniscid

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