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)

myxomycete

/ mĭk′sō-mī′sēt /

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

Derived Forms

• ˌmyxomyˈcetous, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of myxomycete¹

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

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

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

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