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form class

The correct spelling is form class.

How to pronounce form class

noun

Say it like: For-m c-las-s

The correct spelling is form class. A collection of organisms that is given formal recognition at the rank of class with a taxonomic name, but which is known to be an artificial group rather than a natural one. For example: "All fungi for which sexual reproduction is unknown are assigned to the form class Deuteromycota until such reproduction is discovered in that species."

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All fungi for which sexual reproduction is unknown are assigned to the form class Deuteromycota until such reproduction is discovered in that species.

Definition

noun

  1. 1.A collection of organisms that is given formal recognition at the rank of class with a taxonomic name, but which is known to be an artificial group rather than a natural one.
  2. 2.A form room, a homeroom.

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