myxomycete

See also: myxomycète

English

Etymology

From translingual Myxomycetes; by surface analysis, myx(o)- +‎ -mycete. Regarding New Latin -cetes to English -cete, compare also spirochete from Spirochaeta.

Noun

myxomycete (plural myxomycetes)

1. Any protozoan of the phylum Myxomycota; the slime molds.