Definition of Myxos

1. myxo [n] - See also: myxo

Lexicographical Neighbors of Myxos

myxocyte
myxocytes
myxoedema
myxoedemas
myxoid
myxoma
myxoma virus
myxomas
myxomata
myxomatoses
myxomatosis
myxomatous
myxomycete
myxopyronin
myxopyronins
myxos (current term)
myxosporidian
myxothiazol
myxothiazols
myxoviral
myxovirus
myxoviruses
mzee
mzees
mzungu
mzungus
mæander
mæanders
mænad
mænads

Literary usage of Myxos

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1857)
"CHAP. 25. REMEDIES FOR DISEASES OF THE EARS. THE BATIA ! ONE REMEDY. THE BACCHUS OR myxos : TWO REMEDIES. ..."

2. Nature and Development of Plants by Carlton Clarence Curtis (1918)
"The mucilaginous character of the plasmodium accounts for the name slime mould popularly applied to these plants, also for the term myxomycetes, from myxos, ..."

3. Moulds, Mildews, and Mushrooms: A Guide to the Systematic Study of the Fungi by Lucien Marcus Underwood (1899)
"... in the cell sap of plants or the juices of animals. To this group belong -many of the bacteria. Allied to these in habit are the unicellular myxos and ..."

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