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Mucous

//ˈmjuːkəs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to mucus.
  2. 2
    Having the qualities of mucus; resembling mucus.
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or secreting or covered with or resembling mucus wordnet

Etymology

Naturalized from Late Latin mūcōsus, from Latin mūcus. By surface analysis, muc(us) + -ous = muco- + -ous.

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