| 单词 | cellular slime mould |
| 释义 | > as lemmascellular slime mould cellular slime mould n. Biology any slime mould of the order Dictyosteliida, which may exist either as a single amoeboid cell or (typically when food supplies are exhausted) as an aggregate of cells (pseudoplasmodium). ΚΠ 1953 Nature 30 May 975/1 (heading) Aggregation in cellular slime moulds. 1968 Biol. Bull. 134 298 The myxamoebae of the Acrasieae, or cellular slime molds, aggregate and form fruiting structures after they have ingested their bacterial food supply. 2004 R. Dawkins Ancestor's Tale xxxv. 504 Cellular slime moulds are social amoebas. They literally blur the distinction between a group of social individuals and a single multicellular individual. < as lemmas |
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