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myxomycete
myxomycete [ míksō mī st ] (plural myxomycetes)


noun 
Definition:
 
microbiology 
Same as  slime mould
[Late 19th century. < modern Latin Myxomycetes< myxo- (see myxo-) + Greek mukētes, plural of mukēs 'fungus']
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