Meanings
nounmyxomycete (plural myxomycetes)
plural myxomycetes
- Any protozoan of the phylum Myxomycota; the slime molds.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna slime mold of the class Myxomycetes
Similar
true slime moldacellular slime moldplasmodial slime mold
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- translingualMyxomycetes
- Englishmyxomycete
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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APA
myxomycete. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/myxomycete
MLA
“myxomycete.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/myxomycete. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “myxomycete,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/myxomycete.
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