salivator

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noun

An agent which causes salivation.

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Meanings

nounsalivator (plural salivators)

plural salivators

  1. medicineAn agent which causes salivation.
  2. One who salivates.

    The people who took part fell into two groups, high salivators and low salivators.

    1981, Samuel Anthony Barnett, Modern Ethology: The Science of Animal Behavior, page 152

Origin

From salivate + -or.

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salivator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salivator

MLA

“salivator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salivator. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “salivator,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salivator.

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