Pelomyxa

noun

Pel·​o·​myxa

-ˈmiksə

: a genus of large sluggish multinucleate freshwater amoebas (family Amoebidae) with the cytoplasm obscured by metabolic and other inclusions

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from pel- + -myxa

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