ACELLULAR SLIME MOLD

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Meaning:

A slime mold of the class Myxomycetes

Synonyms:

acellular slime mold; myxomycete; plasmodial slime mold; true slime mold

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("acellular slime mold" is a kind of...):

slime mold; slime mould (a naked mass of protoplasm having characteristics of both plants and animals; sometimes classified as protoctists)

Holonyms ("acellular slime mold" is a member of...):

class Myxomycetes; Myxomycetes (the class of true slime molds; essentially equivalent to the division Myxomycota)

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