- (a.) Secreting a slimy or mucigenous substance; as, the mucous membrane.
- (a.) Of, pertaining to or resembling, mucus; slimy, ropy or stringy, and lubricous; as, a mucous substance.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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