mucivore

English

Etymology

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

Noun

mucivore (plural mucivores)

1. (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.