myxomycete
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See also: myxomycète
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From translingual Myxomycetes; by surface analysis, myx(o)- + -mycete. Regarding New Latin -cetes to English -cete, compare also spirochete from Spirochaeta.
Noun
[edit]myxomycete (plural myxomycetes)
- Any protozoan of the phylum Myxomycota; the slime molds.