true slime mold


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Noun1.true slime mold - a slime mold of the class Myxomycetestrue slime mold - a slime mold of the class Myxomycetes
acellular slime mold, myxomycete, plasmodial slime mold
slime mold, slime mould - a naked mass of protoplasm having characteristics of both plants and animals; sometimes classified as protoctists
class Myxomycetes, Myxomycetes - the class of true slime molds; essentially equivalent to the division Myxomycota
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