myxomycete

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See also: myxomycète

English

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Etymology

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

Noun

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myxomycete (plural myxomycetes)

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