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mucivore

mucivore noun: an insect that feeds on mucus, or the sap of plants, such as certain Diptera like aphids.

Noun

mucivore (plural mucivores)

  1. An insect that feeds on mucus, or the sap of plants, such as certain Diptera like aphids.

Forms of mucivore

pluralmucivores

Origin of mucivore

From Latin mucus (“slime, mucus”) + -vore.

Questions about mucivore

What does mucivore mean?
Mucivore means an insect that feeds on mucus, or the sap of plants, such as certain Diptera like aphids.
What part of speech is mucivore?
Mucivore is a noun.
What is the plural of mucivore?
The plural of mucivore is mucivores.

Words near mucivore in the dictionary

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

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