Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

myxomycete

/ˌmɪksəˈmaɪsiːt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: myx-omycete
IPA: /ˌmɪksəˈmaɪsiːt/

29

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any protozoan of the phylum Myxomycota; the slime molds.

Etymology

From translingual Myxomycetes; by surface analysis, myx(o)- + -mycete. Regarding New Latin -cetes to English -cete, compare also spirochete from Spirochaeta.

Word Breakdown

Root: Myxomycetes

Inflected Forms

myxomycetes (plural)

Synonyms

true slime mold acellular slime mold plasmodial slime mold

Questions

How do you pronounce myxomycete?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌmɪksəˈmaɪsiːt/.
What does myxomycete mean?: Any protozoan of the phylum Myxomycota; the slime molds.
Where does myxomycete come from?: From translingual Myxomycetes; by surface analysis, myx(o)- + -mycete. Regarding New Latin -cetes to English -cete, compare also spirochete from Spirochaeta.

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