Definition of: myxomycete

(mik′sō·mī·sēt′) noun
One of the slime molds (Myxomycetes), a class of fungi exhibiting both plant and animal characteristics and classified by some authorities as Mycetozoa. They consist of masses of naked protoplasm with ameboid movements, and are chiefly saprophytic, living on dead and decaying matter. [<MYXO- +-MYCETE]
—myx′o·my·ce′tous adjective