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Mucoid vs Muscoid - What's the difference?

mucoid | muscoid |

As adjectives the difference between mucoid and muscoid

is that mucoid is of or pertaining to mucus; mucoidal while muscoid is (botany) resembling moss.

As a noun muscoid is

(zoology) any fly in the superfamily or muscoid can be (botany|obsolete) any moss-like flowerless plant, with a distinct stem, and often with leaves, but without any vascular system.

mucoid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to mucus; mucoidal.

    • muscoid

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) Any fly in the superfamily .
  • (loosely) Any fly in the section Schizophora.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany, obsolete) Any moss-like flowerless plant, with a distinct stem, and often with leaves, but without any vascular system.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (botany) Resembling moss.
    • (Webster 1913)