myxamoeba

myxamoeba
myx·a·moe·ba also myx·a·me·ba (mĭk'sə-mēʹbə) n. pl. myx·a·moe·bas, also myx·a·moe·bae (-bē)
A slime mold at a stage when it is an amoebalike free-swimming cell and before it fuses to form a plasmodium.

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