mucivore

English

Etymology

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

Noun

mucivore (plural mucivores)

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

Related terms

mucivorous

References

“mucivore”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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