mucivore

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

mucivore mucivores

Etymology

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

Related words

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