salivator

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English

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Etymology

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From salivate +‎ -or.

Noun

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salivator (plural salivators)

  1. (medicine) An agent which causes salivation.
  2. One who salivates.
    • 1981, Samuel Anthony Barnett, Modern Ethology: The Science of Animal Behavior, page 152:
      The people who took part fell into two groups, high salivators and low salivators.

Latin

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Verb

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salīvātor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of salīvō