slime mold

noun

Meaning

Any of various primitive organisms, a naked mass or protoplasm in diverse taxonomic classifications:
protists of the Amoebozoa
syncytial or plasmodial slime molds in subclass Myxogastria (syn. Myxomycetes)
cellular slime molds in order Dictyosteliida
in order Protostelida.
protists of the order Acrasida
Parasitic rhizarian chromists of the order Plasmodiophorida
slime nets, of the class Labyrinthulea of chromists
Cellular slime molds of the genus Fonticula, in a sister group of the Fungi.

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