Polyangiaceae
plural noun
Poly·an·gi·a·ce·ae
ˌpälēˌanjēˈāsēˌē
: a family of myxobacteria living mostly in soils and on dung and having fruiting bodies in which the rod-shaped cells are enclosed in rounded cysts often brightly colored and covered by a membrane representing the remains of the vegetative slime
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Polyangium, type genus + -aceae