Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A mucivorous insect.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) An insect which feeds on mucus, or the sap of plants, as certain Diptera, of the tribe
Mucivora .
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- noun zoology An
insect that feeds onmucus , or thesap ofplants , as certainDiptera , of the tribe Mucivora.
Etymologies
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Latin mucus slime, mucus + vorare to devour.
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