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Mucivore

Mu′ci-vore

(mū′sĭ-vōr)

,

Noun.

[L.

mucus

slime, mucus +

vorare

to devour.]

(Zool.)

An insect which feeds on mucus, or the sap of plants, as certain Diptera, of the tribe

Mucivora

.