Acrasida

plural noun

Acras·​i·​da

ə-ˈkra-sə-də

in some classifications

: a suborder or order of Mycetozoa equivalent to Acrasiales

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from New Latin, from Acrasis acrasis + -ida -ida

First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined above

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