slime mold

noun

: any of a group (such as Myxomycetes) of organisms formerly held to be lower fungi but now often considered protists that exist vegetatively in usually moist habitats as mobile plasmodia and reproduce by spores

Examples of slime mold in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Mushrooms and other fungi, lichens, insects and other arthropods, slime molds, salamanders, springtails, birds, and mosses are some of the organisms that can be found inside, on, or under these logs. — Pamm Cooper, Hartford Courant, 8 Nov. 2026

Their presence in organisms ranging from slime molds to humans suggests an important biological role. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026

Like slime mold, which looks like fungus but is its own unique microorganism. — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 3 Sep. 2026

In organisms that reproduce via the union of types—this group also includes yeasts and slime molds—partners are functionally equivalent and the exchange of genetic material is symmetrical, an arrangement called isogamy. — Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 22 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for slime mold

• copyhold
• decontrolled
• hundredfold
• manifold
• marigold
• oversold
• petioled
• sevenfold
• stranglehold
• subthreshold
• thousandfold
• uncontrolled

Kids Definition

slime mold

noun

: either of two groups of organisms that reproduce by spores and form slimy masses composed of amoeboid cells that fuse to form a giant cell with many nuclei or that gather tightly together without fusing

Medical Definition

slime mold

noun

: any organism of the group Myxomycetes

called also myxomycete