Meaning

7 senses
  1. Protists of the Amoebozoa

    (countable, uncountable)Syncytial or plasmodial slime molds in subclass Myxogastria (syn. Myxomycetes)

  2. (countable, uncountable)Cellular slime molds in order Dictyosteliida

  3. (countable, uncountable)In order Protostelida.

  4. Any of various primitive organisms, a naked mass or protoplasm in diverse taxonomic classifications:

    (countable, uncountable)Protists of the order Acrasida

  5. (countable, uncountable)Parasitic rhizarian chromists of the order Plasmodiophorida

  6. (countable, uncountable)Slime nets, of the class Labyrinthulea of chromists

  7. (countable, uncountable)Cellular slime molds of the genus Fonticula, in a sister group of the Fungi.

More definitions
  • a naked mass of protoplasm having characteristics of both plants and animals; sometimes classified as protoctists

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Over there on that tree, there are some slime molds in their sexual reproductive state.

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Translations

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Forms

plural: slime molds
Singularslime mold
Pluralslime molds

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Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a naked mass of protoplasm having characteristics of both plants and animals; sometimes classified as protoctists:slime mould

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