muciparous
English
Etymology
From mucus + Latin parere (“to produce”).
Adjective
muciparous (comparative more muciparous, superlative most muciparous)
- Secreting, or producing, mucus or mucin.
Synonyms
- blennogenous
- mucigenous
- mucogenic
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for muciparous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)