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Noun: true slime mold
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: true slime mould)
  1. A slime mold of the class Myxomycetes
    "The true slime mold formed a bright yellow plasmodium on the rotting log";
    - acellular slime mold [US], plasmodial slime mold [N. Amer], myxomycete, true slime mould [Brit, Cdn], acellular slime mould [Brit, Cdn], plasmodial slime mould [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: true slime molds

Type of: slime mold [N. Amer], slime mould [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: class Myxomycetes, Myxomycetes

Encyclopedia: True slime mold