| 释义 |
poly·an·gi·a·ce·ae
\ˌpälēˌanjēˈāsēˌē\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Polyangium, type genus + -aceae
: a family of myxobacteria living mostly in soils and on dung and having fruiting bodies in which the rod-shaped cells are enclosed in rounded cysts often brightly colored and covered by a membrane representing the remains of the vegetative slime |