myxameba

myxameba: /mik'seuh mee"beuh/, n., pl. myxamebas, myxamebae /-bee/.

the amebalike, usually nonflagellated, uninucleate haploid individual of a sporocarp that is released upon spore germination and feeds by engulfing bacteria and yeast: a typical stage in the life cycle of cellular slime molds.

Also, myxamoeba.

[1885-90; MYX- + AMEBA]

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