myxomycetæ, myxomycetes

pl. [ Gr.myra mucus, and mykes a fungus.] Bot.: A doubtful order of Fungals. Alone among plants they have three cells, without a cell wall, in their vegetative period, and not combined into a ti ue. They live on decaying animal and vegetable substances. ( Thomé .) mỹx-ô-mỹ-çë-to us, a. [MyXOMYCETE.] Of or pertaining to the Myxomycetæ (q. v.). mỹxon, s . [Lat., from Gr. myxōn a fish. Supposed by Cuvier to be either Mustela tricirrhatus or Gadus lota , the turbot.] Ichthy.: (For def. see etym.)