English Explanatory Dictionary

myxomycete

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any protozoan of the phylum Myxomycota; the slime molds.

Pronunciation

/ˌmɪksəˈmaɪsiːt/

Word forms

myxomycete myxomycetes

Etymology

From translingual Myxomycetes; by surface analysis, myx(o)- + -mycete. Regarding New Latin -cetes to English -cete, compare also spirochete from Spirochaeta.

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