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PLASMODIAL SLIME MOLD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A slime mold of the class Myxomycetes
Synonyms:
acellular slime mold; myxomycete; plasmodial slime mold; true slime mold
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("plasmodial slime mold" is a kind of...):
slime mold; slime mould (a naked mass of protoplasm having characteristics of both plants and animals; sometimes classified as protoctists)
Holonyms ("plasmodial slime mold" is a member of...):
class Myxomycetes; Myxomycetes (the class of true slime molds; essentially equivalent to the division Myxomycota)