myxomycete

myxomycete
[ˌmɪksə(ʊ)ˈmʌɪsiːt]
noun
  1. (Biology)a slime mould, especially an acellular one whose vegetative stage is a multinucleate plasmodium
    (生)黏菌
  2. Division Myxomycota, kingdom Fungi, in particular the class Myxomycetes; also treated as protozoan (phylum Gymnomyxa, kingdom Protista)
    黏菌门,真菌界,尤指黏菌纲;亦被视为原生动物(裸黏菌虫门,原生生物界)
语源
  1. late 19th cent.: from modern Latin Myxomycetes, from myxo- 'slime' + Greek mukētes 'fungi'
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