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slime mold
noun
Definition of SLIME MOLD
: any of a group (Myxomycetes or Mycetozoa) of organisms usually held to be lower fungi but sometimes considered protozoans that exist vegetatively as mobile plasmodia and reproduce by spores
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First Known Use of SLIME MOLD
1880
Rhymes with SLIME MOLD
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slime mold
noun
Medical Definition of SLIME MOLD
: any organism of the group Myxomycetes—called also myxomycete
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