MYXOMYCETES
Myx`o*my*ce"tes, n. pl. [NL.; Gr. mucus, slime + myceles.] (Bot.)
Defn: 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). 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.
MYXOPHYTA
Myx*oph"y*ta, n. pl. [NL.; Gr. mucus, slime + plant.] (Bot.)
Defn: A phylum of the vegetable kingdom consisting of the class
Myxomycetes. By some botanists it is not separated from the
Thallophyta.
MYXOPOD
Myx"o*pod, n. Etym: [Gr. -pod.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A rhizopod or moneran. Also used adjectively; as, a myxopod state.
MYZONTES
My*zon"tes, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The Marsipobranchiata.
MYZOSTOMATA My`zo*stom"a*ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. my`zein to suck + sto`ma, -atos, mouth.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An order of curious parasitic worms found on crinoids. The body is short and disklike, with four pairs of suckers and five pairs of hook-bearing parapodia on the under side.