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A class of peculiar organisms, the slime molds, formerly regarded as animals (Mycetozoa), but now generally thought to be plants and often separated as a distinct phylum (Myxophyta). They are found on damp earth and deca…

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  1. A class of class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/peculiar">peculiar organisms, the slime molds, formerly regarded as animals (Mycetozoa), but now generally thought to be plants and often separated as a distinct phylum (Myxophyta). They are found on damp earth and decaying vegetable matter, and consist of naked masses of protoplasm, often of considerable size, which creep very slowly over the surface and ingest solid food. -- Myx`o*my*ce"tous (#), a.
  2. A class of class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/peculiar">peculiar organisms, the slime molds, formerlyregarded as animals (Mycetozoa), but now generally thought to beplants and often separated as a distinct phylum (Myxophyta). They arefound on damp earth and decaying vegetable matter, and consist ofnaked masses of protoplasm, often of considerable size, which creepvery slowly over the surface and ingest solid food. --Myx`o*my*ce"tous (#), a.
  3. n the class of true slime molds; class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/essentially">essentially equivalent to the division Myxomycota n a slime mold of the class Myxomycetes