(n) bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste, Syn. slime bacteria, myxobacterium, myxobacter, gliding bacteria

myxocephalus

(n) grubby, Syn. genus Myxocephalus

myxoma

(n) a benign tumor of connective tissue containing jellylike material

myxomatosis

(n) a viral disease (usually fatal) of rabbits

myxoma virus

(n) a poxvirus closely related to smallpox virus; causes benign gelatinous tumors in humans

myxomycetes

(n) the class of true slime molds; essentially equivalent to the division Myxomycota, Syn. class Myxomycetes

myxomycota

(n) slime molds; organisms having a noncellular and multinucleate creeping vegetative phase and a propagative spore-producing stage: comprises Myxomycetes and Acrasiomycetes; in some classifications placed in the kingdom Protoctista, Syn. Gymnomycota, division Myxomycota, division Gymnomycota

myxophyceae

(n) former terms for Cyanophyceae, Syn. family Schizophyceae, Schizophyceae, family Myxophyceae

myxosporidia

(n) an order in the subclass Cnidosporidia, Syn. order Myxosporidia

myxosporidian

(n) mostly parasitic in fishes and including various serious pathogens

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Myxobacter

prop. n. (Microbiol.) One genus of myxobacteria. [ PJC +PJC ]

Myxobacteriaceae

prop. n. A family of bacteria living mostly in soils and on dung; called also Polyangiaceae.
Syn. -- Polyangiaceae, family Polyangiaceae, family Myxobacteriaceae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

myxobacterium

n.; pl. myxobacteria A type of bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; they inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste.
Syn. -- myxobacterium, myxobacter, gliding bacteria, slime bacteria. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Myxocephalus

prop. n. A genus of fish including the grubb (Myxocephalus aenaeus), a type of sculpin.
Syn. -- genus Myxocephalus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Myxocystodea

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; mucus + &unr_; a bladder. ] (Zool.) A division of Infusoria including the Noctiluca. See Noctiluca. [ 1913 Webster ]

Myxoedema

‖n. [ NL. fr. Gr. &unr_; mucus + oedema. ] (Med.) A disease producing a peculiar cretinoid appearance of the face, slow speech, and dullness of intellect, and due to failure of the functions of the thyroid gland. [ Also spelled myxedema. ]-- Myx`oe*dem"a*tous a., Myx`oe*dem"ic a. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Myxoma

‖n.; pl. Myxomata [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; mucus + -oma. ] (Med.) A tumor made up of a gelatinous tissue resembling that found in the umbilical cord. [ 1913 Webster ]

myxomatosis

n. (Biol.) a viral disease (usually fatal) of rabbits. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

myxomycete

n. 1. (Biol.) an organism of the class Myxomycetes.
Syn. -- true slime mold, acellular slime mold, plasmodial slime mold. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Myxomycetes

‖n. pl. [ NL.; Gr. &unr_; mucus, slime + myceles. ] (Bot.) A class of peculiar organisms, the slime molds, formerly regarded as animals (Mycetozoa), but now generally thought to be plants and often separated as a distinct phylum (Myxophyta); essentially equivalent to the division Myxomycota. They are found on damp earth and decaying vegetable matter, and consist of naked masses of protoplasm, often of considerable size, which creep very slowly over the surface and ingest solid food. -- Myx`o*my*ce"tous a.
Syn. -- true slime molds, acellular slime molds, plasmodial slime molds. [Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5]