slime mold — noun a naked mass of protoplasm having characteristics of both plants and animals; sometimes classified as protoctists • Syn: ↑slime mould • Hypernyms: ↑fungus • Hyponyms: ↑true slime mold, ↑acellular slime mold, ↑plasmodi … Useful english dictionary
acellular slime mold — noun a slime mold of the class Myxomycetes • Syn: ↑true slime mold, ↑plasmodial slime mold, ↑myxomycete • Hypernyms: ↑slime mold, ↑slime mould • Member Holonyms: ↑Myxomyc … Useful english dictionary
plasmodial slime mold — noun a slime mold of the class Myxomycetes • Syn: ↑true slime mold, ↑acellular slime mold, ↑myxomycete • Hypernyms: ↑slime mold, ↑slime mould • Member Holonyms: ↑Myxomycetes … Useful english dictionary
Slime mold — Not to be confused with slime bacteria. Slime mold Stemonitis fusca in Scotland, UK … Wikipedia
slime mold — 1. any of various funguslike organisms belonging to the phylum Myxomycota, of the kingdom Protista (or the plant class Myxomycetes), characterized by a noncellular, multinucleate, creeping somatic phase and a propagative phase in which fruiting… … Universalium
cellular slime mold — noun differing from true slime molds in being cellular and nucleate throughout the life cycle • Hypernyms: ↑slime mold, ↑slime mould • Hyponyms: ↑dictostylium • Member Holonyms: ↑Acrasiomycetes, ↑class Acrasiomycetes … Useful english dictionary
slime mould — noun a naked mass of protoplasm having characteristics of both plants and animals; sometimes classified as protoctists • Syn: ↑slime mold • Hypernyms: ↑fungus • Hyponyms: ↑true slime mold, ↑acellular slime mold, ↑plasmodial … Useful english dictionary
class Myxomycetes — noun the class of true slime molds; essentially equivalent to the division Myxomycota • Syn: ↑Myxomycetes • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑Myxomycota, ↑division Myxomycota, ↑Gymnomycota, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Myxomycetes — noun the class of true slime molds; essentially equivalent to the division Myxomycota • Syn: ↑class Myxomycetes • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑Myxomycota, ↑division Myxomycota, ↑Gymnomycota, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
myxomycete — n. 1. (Biol.) an organism of the class Myxomycetes. Syn: true slime mold, acellular slime mold, plasmodial slime mold. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English