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myxomycete

my·xo·my·cete

UK/ˌmɪksəˈmaɪsiːt/ uncommon

noun

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From translingual Myxomycetes; by surface analysis, myx(o)- + -mycete. Regarding New Latin -cetes to English -cete, compare also spirochete from Spirochaeta.

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