Myxomycetes

Noun

Meaning

the class of true slime molds; essentially equivalent to the division Myxomycota

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

class Myxomycetes

Hypernyms

class

Examples

De Bary studied the developmental history of Myxomycetes (slime molds), and thought it was necessary to reclassify the lower animals. Source: Internet

In his work on Myxomycetes (1858), he pointed out that at one stage of their life cycle (the plasmodial stage), they were little more than formless, motile masses of the substance that Félix Dujardin (1801–1860) had called sarcode ( protoplasm ). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

myxomaviral myxomavirus myxomycete myxomycetous Myxomycota myxopapillary