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.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun zoology An insect that feeds on mucus, or the sap of plants, as certain Diptera, of the tribe Mucivora.

Etymologies

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Latin mucus slime, mucus + vorare to devour.

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