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mucophage

mucophage noun: an organism which consumes its own mucus.

Noun

mucophage (plural mucophages)

  1. An organism which consumes its own mucus.

Forms of mucophage

pluralmucophages

Questions about mucophage

What does mucophage mean?
Mucophage means an organism which consumes its own mucus.
What part of speech is mucophage?
Mucophage is a noun.
What is the plural of mucophage?
The plural of mucophage is mucophages.

Words near mucophage in the dictionary

  1. mucoperiosteal
  2. mucoperiosteum
  3. mucoperlin
  4. mucopexies
  5. mucopexy
  6. mucophage
  7. mucophages
  8. mucophagia
  9. mucophagic
  10. mucophagy
  11. mucoplasties

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