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The slimy mass of protoplasm with nuclei forms the body of slime mould is called -
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The vegetative body of a slime mould (specifically acellular or myxomycete slime moulds) is called a plasmodium. This structure is a large, wall-less mass of multinucleate protoplasm. It behaves like a single giant cell containing thousands of diploid nuclei and moves using amoeboid-like streaming to engulf food particles.
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