Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oomycote

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: oomy-cote
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

From oo- + -mycote.

Inflected Forms

oomycotes (plural)

Synonyms

water mould water mold

Questions

What does oomycote mean?: Any of a group of filamentous protists variously classified as the phylum Oomycota or the class Oomycetes in a more broadly circumscribed phylum.
Where does oomycote come from?: From oo- + -mycote.

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