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muciparous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mu-ci-parous
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Secreting, or producing, mucus or mucin.

Archaic

Example Sentences

Etymology

From mucus + Latin parere (“to produce”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

more muciparous (comparative) most muciparous (superlative)

Synonyms

blennogenous mucigenous mucogenic

Questions

What does muciparous mean?
Secreting, or producing, mucus or mucin.
Where does muciparous come from?
From mucus + Latin parere (“to produce”).

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