"mucus" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmjuːkəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-mucus.wav [US] Forms: mucuses [plural], muci [plural]
Rhymes: -uːkəs Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin mūcus. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|mūcus}} Learned borrowing from Latin mūcus Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+|muci}} mucus (usually uncountable, plural mucuses or muci)
  1. (physiology) A slippery secretion from the lining of the mucous membranes. Wikipedia link: mucus Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Bodily fluids, Physiology Derived forms: mucoid, mucoidal Related terms: mucilaginous, mucosa, mucositis, mucous, booger, snot Translations (slippery secretion): mukozë [feminine] (Albanian), μύξα (múxa) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), βλέννα (blénna) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), مُخَاط (muḵāṭ) [masculine] (Arabic), مخاط (muḵāṭ) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), بربور (barbūr) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), برابير (barabīr) [Egyptian-Arabic, feminine, plural] (Arabic), լորձ (lorj) (Armenian), muc [masculine] (Aromanian), muts [masculine, plural] (Aromanian), mucã [feminine] (Aromanian), mocu [masculine] (Asturian), selik (Azerbaijani), слізь (slizʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), слуз (sluz) [feminine] (Bulgarian), အချွဲ (a.hkywai:) (Burmese), moc [masculine] (Catalan), s̈hos̈hochi (Chamicuro), 黏液 (niányè) (Chinese Mandarin), sliz [masculine] (Czech), slim [common-gender, neuter] (Danish), slijm [masculine] (Dutch), muko (Esperanto), lima (Estonian), slím [neuter] (Faroese), lima (Finnish), mucus [masculine] (French), moco (Galician), limo (note: of animals) (Galician), mirril (Gamilaraay), ლორწო (lorc̣o) (Georgian), Schleim [masculine] (German), βλέννα (vlénna) [feminine] (Greek), רִיר (rir) [masculine] (Hebrew), नाक (nāk) [feminine] (Hindi), nyálka (Hungarian), slím [neuter] (Icelandic), muko (Ido), muco [masculine] (Italian), 粘液 (nen'eki) (alt: ねんえき) (Japanese), жалқық (jalqyq) (Kazakh), шырыш (şyryş) (Kazakh), សេម្ហៈ (seemhaʼ) (Khmer), សេមហកលា (seemhaʼkaʼlaa) (Khmer), រំអិល (rumʼəl) (Khmer), 점액 (jeomaek) (alt: 粘液) (Korean), былжыр (bıljır) (Kyrgyz), ກະເທີ່ (ka thœ̄) (Lao), ເມືອກ (mư̄ak) (Lao), ເສດ (sēt) (Lao), ເສມ (sēm) (Lao), mūcus [masculine] (Latin), gļotas [masculine] (Latvian), gleivės [feminine, plural] (Lithuanian), Sliem [masculine] (Low German), слуз (sluz) [masculine] (Macedonian), lendir (Malay), carbeig (Manx), hūpē (Maori), keha (Maori), kea (Maori), салс (sals) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), lînc [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), lîncemade [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), slim [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), slim [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), մաղաս (małas) (Old Armenian), سموك (sümük) (Ottoman Turkish), مخاط (moxāt) [masculine] (Pashto), مخاط (moxât) (Persian), خلم (xelm) (Persian), śluz [masculine] (Polish), wydzielina [feminine] (Polish), muco [masculine] (Portuguese), ਸੀਂਢ (sīṇḍh) [masculine] (Punjabi), ñuti (Quechua), togro (Quechua), muci (Romanian), mucus (Romanian), слизь (slizʹ) [feminine] (Russian), ronn [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), слу̑з [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), slȗz [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), sliz [masculine] (Slovak), sluz [feminine] (Slovene), moco [masculine] (Spanish), kamasi (Swahili), slem [neuter] (Swedish), луоб (luob) (Tajik), axrur [masculine] (Tarifit), มูก (mûuk) (Thai), เมือก (mʉ̂ʉak) (Thai), เสมหะ (sěem-hà) (Thai), mukus (Turkish), sümük (Turkish), nem (Turkmen), слиз (slyz) [feminine] (Ukrainian), مخاط (muxāt) (Urdu), شىللىق (shilliq) (Uyghur), shilliq (Uzbek), napa [feminine] (Venetian), nước nhầy (Vietnamese), niêm dịch (alt: 粘液) (Vietnamese), chất nhớt (Vietnamese), slim (Volapük), ikun (Yoruba)

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          "roman": "niányè",
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Faroese",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "word": "moco"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "note": "of animals",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "word": "limo"
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          "code": "kld",
          "lang": "Gamilaraay",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "word": "mirril"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "lorc̣o",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "word": "ლორწო"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Schleim"
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "vlénna",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "tags": [
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "rir",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "רִיר"
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "nāk",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "नाक"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "word": "nyálka"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "tags": [
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        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "word": "muko"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "muco"
        },
        {
          "alt": "ねんえき",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "nen'eki",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "word": "粘液"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "jalqyq",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "word": "жалқық"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "şyryş",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "word": "шырыш"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "seemhaʼ",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "word": "សេម្ហៈ"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "seemhaʼkaʼlaa",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "word": "សេមហកលា"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "rumʼəl",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "word": "រំអិល"
        },
        {
          "alt": "粘液",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jeomaek",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "word": "점액"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lînc"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lîncemade"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "bıljır",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "word": "былжыр"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "ka thœ̄",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "word": "ກະເທີ່"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "mư̄ak",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "word": "ເມືອກ"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "sēt",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "word": "ເສດ"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "sēm",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "word": "ເສມ"
        },
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          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "gļotas"
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          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "tags": [
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            "plural"
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          "word": "gleivės"
        },
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          "code": "nds",
          "lang": "Low German",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "Sliem"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "sluz",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "слуз"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "word": "lendir"
        },
        {
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "word": "carbeig"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "word": "hūpē"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "word": "keha"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "word": "kea"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "sals",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
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          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "sümük",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "word": "سموك"
        },
        {
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "moxāt",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "مخاط"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "moxât",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "word": "مخاط"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "xelm",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "word": "خلم"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "śluz"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "wydzielina"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
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          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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        {
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "word": "ñuti"
        },
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          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "word": "togro"
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        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "code": "gd",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "ronn"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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            "feminine"
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        {
          "code": "sh",
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          "code": "sk",
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            "masculine"
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          "code": "sl",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "code": "es",
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "sw",
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          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "word": "kamasi"
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          "code": "sv",
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          "code": "tg",
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          "code": "rif",
          "lang": "Tarifit",
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          "word": "axrur"
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          "code": "th",
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          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "word": "มูก"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "mʉ̂ʉak",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "word": "เมือก"
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        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "sěem-hà",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "word": "เสมหะ"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
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          "word": "mukus"
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        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
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        {
          "code": "tk",
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          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "word": "nem"
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
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          "word": "слиз"
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          "code": "ur",
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          "word": "مخاط"
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          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "shilliq",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "word": "شىللىق"
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          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "word": "shilliq"
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        {
          "code": "vec",
          "lang": "Venetian",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "napa"
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "word": "nước nhầy"
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          "alt": "粘液",
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          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "word": "niêm dịch"
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "word": "chất nhớt"
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          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
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        },
        {
          "code": "yo",
          "lang": "Yoruba",
          "sense": "slippery secretion",
          "word": "ikun"
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
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      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "مخاط"
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      "code": "arz",
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      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "بربور"
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      "code": "arz",
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      "sense": "slippery secretion",
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        "feminine",
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "lorj",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "լորձ"
    },
    {
      "code": "xcl",
      "lang": "Old Armenian",
      "roman": "małas",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "մաղաս"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "muc"
    },
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      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mucã"
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      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mocu"
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    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "selik"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "slizʹ",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "слізь"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sluz",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "слуз"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "a.hkywai:",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "အချွဲ"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "moc"
    },
    {
      "code": "ccc",
      "lang": "Chamicuro",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "s̈hos̈hochi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "niányè",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "黏液"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sliz"
    },
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
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        "neuter"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "muko"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "lima"
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      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "slím"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "lima"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mucus"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "moco"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "note": "of animals",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "limo"
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      "code": "kld",
      "lang": "Gamilaraay",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "mirril"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "lorc̣o",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "ლორწო"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schleim"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "vlénna",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "βλέννα"
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    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "múxa",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "μύξα"
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      "code": "grc",
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      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "rir",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "רִיר"
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "nāk",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "नाक"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "nyálka"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "slím"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "muko"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "muco"
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      "alt": "ねんえき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nen'eki",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "粘液"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "jalqyq",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "жалқық"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "şyryş",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "шырыш"
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    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "seemhaʼ",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "សេម្ហៈ"
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    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "seemhaʼkaʼlaa",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "សេមហកលា"
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    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "rumʼəl",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "រំអិល"
    },
    {
      "alt": "粘液",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeomaek",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "점액"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lînc"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lîncemade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "bıljır",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "былжыр"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "ka thœ̄",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "ກະເທີ່"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "mư̄ak",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "ເມືອກ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "sēt",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "ເສດ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "sēm",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "ເສມ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mūcus"
    },
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gļotas"
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    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "gleivės"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sliem"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sluz",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "слуз"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "lendir"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "carbeig"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "hūpē"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "keha"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "kea"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "sals",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "салс"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "slim"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "slim"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "sümük",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "سموك"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "moxāt",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مخاط"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "moxât",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "مخاط"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xelm",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "خلم"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "śluz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wydzielina"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "muco"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "sīṇḍh",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ਸੀਂਢ"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "ñuti"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "togro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "muci"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "mucus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "slizʹ",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "слизь"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ronn"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "слу̑з"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "slȗz"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sliz"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sluz"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "moco"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "kamasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "slem"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "luob",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "луоб"
    },
    {
      "code": "rif",
      "lang": "Tarifit",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "axrur"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "mûuk",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "มูก"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "mʉ̂ʉak",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "เมือก"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sěem-hà",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "เสมหะ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "mukus"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "sümük"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "nem"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "slyz",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "слиз"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "muxāt",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "مخاط"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "shilliq",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "شىللىق"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "shilliq"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "napa"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "nước nhầy"
    },
    {
      "alt": "粘液",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "niêm dịch"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "chất nhớt"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "slim"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "slippery secretion",
      "word": "ikun"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mucus"
}

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