myxomyceten.
/ˌmɪksə(ʊ)ˈmʌɪsiːt/, U.S. /ˌmɪksoʊˈmaɪˌsit/ Biology.
A slime mould of the taxon Myxomycetes.For instances of the plural form see Myxomycetes n.
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Myxogastres1838
Mycetozoa1860
Myxomycetes1860
myxomycete1877
slime-moulds1880
mycetozoan1881
mycetozoon1885
slime-fungi1897
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals 5 Another Myxomycete, Æthalium septicum.
1896 Bot. Gaz. 21 237 The vegetative and reproductive systems of a fungus are clearly and broadly indicated by mycelium and sporophore, those of a myxomycete by plasmodium and sporangium.
1925 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 12 419 The zoöspores might encyst, as myxomycete swarm-spores readily do.
1967 Nature 19 Aug. 832 (title) Plasmodial fusion and lethal interaction between strains in a myxomycete.
1997 Exper. Cell Res. 236 351 Amoebae of the Myxomycete Physarum polycephalum form resistant, walled cysts when the food bacteria in a culture have been consumed.
Derivatives
myxomyˈcetal adj. rare
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myxogastrous1866
myxomycetan1880
myxomycetous1882
myxomycetal1902
1902 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 19 July 223 Myxomycetal spores.
1927 Mycologia 19 32 (title) Myxomycetal misdemeanors.
myxomyˈcetan adj. rare
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myxogastrous1866
myxomycetan1880
myxomycetous1882
myxomycetal1902
1880–1 W. Saville-Kent Man. Infusoria I. App. 470 The developmental phenomena of several Myxomycetan types.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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