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[syn: Myxomycota, division Myxomycota, Gymnomycota, division Gymnomycota]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Myxomycota \Myxomycota\ n. (Biol.)
The slime molds; organisms having a noncellular and
multinucleate creeping vegetative phase and a propagative
spore-producing stage: comprises Myxomycetes and
Acrasiomycetes and Plasmodiophoromycetes; in some
classifications placed in the kingdom Protoctista.
Syn: division Myxomycota, Gymnomycota, division Gymnomycota.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Myxomycota
n 1: slime molds; organisms having a noncellular and
multinucleate creeping vegetative phase and a propagative
spore-producing stage: comprises Myxomycetes and
Acrasiomycetes; in some classifications placed in the
kingdom Protoctista [syn: Myxomycota, division
Myxomycota, Gymnomycota, division Gymnomycota]