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ALL meanings of myxomycete

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  • noun myxomycete an organism of the phylum Myxomycota (or, in some classifications, the class Myxomycetes), comprising the slime molds. 1
  • noun myxomycete A slime mold, especially an acellular one whose vegetative stage is a multinucleate plasmodium. 1
  • noun myxomycete a slime mould, esp a slime mould of the phylum Myxomycota (division Myxomycetes in traditional classifications) 0
  • noun myxomycete any of various primitive organisms, usually classified as a thallophyte (division Myxomycota) but also as a mycetozoan, that are found on decaying vegetation, having a vegetative stage in which they move as a protozoan and a dry reproductive stage in which they form spores like a mold2 (sense 2); slime mold 0
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