noun
a class of mostly aquatic fungi; saprophytic or parasitic on algae or fungi or plants
• Syn: ↑class Chytridiomycetes
• Hypernyms: ↑class
• Member Holonyms: ↑Mastigomycota, ↑subdivision Mastigomycota, ↑Mastigomycotina, ↑subdivision Mastigomycotina
• Member Meronyms: ↑Chytridiales, ↑order Chytridiales, ↑Blastocladiales, ↑order Blastocladiales
Useful english dictionary. 2012.