myxomycete
/ˌmɪksəʊˈmaɪˈsiːt/noun
1- Biology a slime mould, especially an acellular one whose vegetative stage is a multinucleate plasmodium【生】黏菌。
1.1
- 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)。
词源
late 19th cent.: from modern Latin Myxomycetes, from MYXO- 'slime' + Greek mukētes 'fungi'.