[slime mold] n (1880): any of a group (Myxomycetes or Mycetozoa) of organisms usu. held to be lower fungi but sometimes considered protozoans that exist vegetatively as mobile plasmodia and reproduce by spores
SLIME MOLD
Meaning of SLIME MOLD in English
Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012