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myxomycete

[ mik-soh-mahy-seet, -mahy-seet ]

noun

  1. an organism of the phylum Myxomycota (or, in some classifications, the class Myxomycetes), comprising the slime molds.


myxomycete

/ ˌmɪksəʊmaɪˈsiːt /

noun

  1. a slime mould, esp a slime mould of the phylum Myxomycota (division Myxomycetes in traditional classifications)
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myxomycete

/ mĭk′sō-mīsēt /

  1. A plasmodial slime mold.
  2. See under slime mold


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Derived Forms

  • ˌmyxomyˈcetous, adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of myxomycete1

1875–80; < New Latin Myxomycetes; myxo-, -mycete
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Example Sentences

This peculiar species looks at first very little like a myxomycete.

He does not regard them as genuine asci, but as corresponding more to the peridium of the Gasteromycete and Myxomycete.

No myxomycete has hyph, nor indeed anything at all of the kind.

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