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muciparous

muciparous adjective: secreting, or producing, mucus or mucin.

Adjective

muciparous (comparative more muciparous, superlative most muciparous)

  1. (archaic) Secreting, or producing, mucus or mucin.
    • muciparous gland

muciparous meaning in Tamil

muciparous in Tamil

சளியன் சுரக்கின்ற

Synonyms of muciparous

Forms of muciparous

comparativemore muciparous
superlativemost muciparous

Origin of muciparous

From mucus + Latin parere (“to produce”).

Questions about muciparous

What does muciparous mean?
Muciparous means secreting, or producing, mucus or mucin.
What is muciparous in Tamil?
Muciparous in Tamil is சளியன் சுரக்கின்ற. See Muciparous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is muciparous?
Muciparous is an adjective.

Words near muciparous in the dictionary

  1. mucinolytic
  2. mucinoses
  3. mucinosis
  4. mucinous
  5. mucins
  6. muciparous
  7. mucivore
  8. mucivores
  9. mucivorous
  10. muck
  11. muck about

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Adapted from Wiktionary: muciparous (page history and authors); muciparous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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