Slime Mold Definition

noun

Myxomycete.

Webster's New World
Any of various eukaryotic organisms of the class Dictyostelia that exist as free-living amoeboid cells in the soil and under certain conditions aggregate into a mass that develops into a stalked sporangium.
American Heritage Medicine
Any of various eukaryotic organisms of the class Myxogastria (formerly Myxomycetes) that develop from amoeboid cells into a large multinucleate plasmodium that produces stalked sporangia.
American Heritage Medicine
Synonyms:
  • slime-mould
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Other Word Forms of Slime Mold

Noun

Singular:
slime mold
Plural:
slime-molds

Slime Mold Sentence Examples

  • The primordial smurf being was, in fact, a sentient form of slime mold.

  • From Martin Sounds like the fruiting body of a slime mold.

  • Fig 2. Part of a blade of grass, about 4 mm diameter, covered with small sporangia of the slime mold Physarum cinereum.

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