oomycote

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noun

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

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Meanings

nounoomycote (plural oomycotes)

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 & antonyms

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

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water mouldwater mold

Origin

From oo- + -mycote.

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APA

oomycote. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oomycote

MLA

“oomycote.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oomycote. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oomycote,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oomycote.

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