muscoid

1 of 2

adjective (1)

mus·​coid

ˈməˌskȯid

: of, relating to, or resembling moss

muscoid

2 of 2

adjective (2)

"

: of or relating to the superfamily Muscoidea

specifically : resembling the muscoid fly maggot especially in being headless, posteriorly truncate, and cylindrical to spindle-shaped

Word History

Etymology

Adjective (1)

International Scientific Vocabulary musc- + -oid

Adjective (2)

New Latin Muscoidea

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Rhymes for muscoid

• discoid