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Fucivore vs Mucivore - What's the difference?

fucivore | mucivore |

As nouns the difference between fucivore and mucivore

is that fucivore is an organism which feeds primarily on seaweeds while mucivore is (zoology) an insect that feeds on mucus, or the sap of plants, as certain diptera, of the tribe mucivora.

fucivore

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An organism which feeds primarily on seaweeds.
  • :Some species of turtles are fucivores.

    • Related terms

    *fucivorous

    mucivore

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) An insect that feeds on mucus, or the sap of plants, as certain Diptera, of the tribe Mucivora.
    • (Webster 1913)