Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mucivore

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mu-ci-vore
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

mucivores (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

mucivorous

Questions

What does mucivore mean?: An insect that feeds on mucus, or the sap of plants, such as certain Diptera like aphids.
Where does mucivore come from?: From Latin mucus (“slime, mucus”) + -vore.

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