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Meaning of oomycote | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Any of a group of filamentous protists variously classified as the phylum Oomycota or the class Oomycetes in a more broadly circumscribed phylum.

Examples

“Marine oomycotes are eukaryotic mycelial decomposers that have swimming, biflagellate propagules and lie in the Kingdom Chromista (or Protoctista), phylum Oomycota.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

oon Oona Oonagh Oonah oonopid oont