myxomycete

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Scrabble points
29
Words With Friends
30
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˌmɪksəˈmaɪsiːt/

Definition of myxomycete

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

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

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Etymology

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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