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salivator

salivator noun: an agent which causes salivation.

Noun

salivator (plural salivators)

  1. An agent which causes salivation.
  2. One who salivates.
    • The people who took part fell into two groups, high salivators and low salivators.1981, Samuel Anthony Barnett, Modern Ethology: The Science of Animal Behavior, page 152

Forms of salivator

pluralsalivators

Origin of salivator

From salivate + -or.

Questions about salivator

What does salivator mean?
Salivator means an agent which causes salivation.
What part of speech is salivator?
Salivator is a noun.
What is the plural of salivator?
The plural of salivator is salivators.

Words near salivator in the dictionary

  1. salivates
  2. salivating
  3. salivatingly
  4. salivation
  5. salivations
  6. salivator
  7. salivators
  8. salivatory
  9. salivette
  10. salivettes
  11. salivirus

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