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Polyangiaceae

noun

bacteria living mostly in soils and on dung

• Syn: ↑family Polyangiaceae, ↑Myxobacteriaceae, ↑family Myxobacteriaceae

• Hypernyms: ↑bacteria family

• Member Holonyms: ↑order Myxobacteria, ↑Myxobacterales, ↑order Myxobacterales, ↑Myxobacteriales, ↑order Myxobacteriales

• Member Meronyms: ↑Polyangium, ↑genus Polyangium

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\\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

Useful english dictionary. 2012.