venomosalivary

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adjective

Relating to venom and saliva.

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Meanings

adjectivevenomosalivary (not comparable)
  1. datednot comparablerareRelating to venom and saliva.

    Here they undergo reproduction by a sexual process, and appear in her venomosalivary gland in a condition ready for transmission to the next person bitten.

    1912, Herbert Fox, Elementary bacteriology and protozoölogy, page 211
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    Sporule forms of the parasite have been found in the venomosalivary gland, and as the lancet of the mosquito is anointed by the secretion from this gland, it becomes possible to understand how infection may be brought about.

    1901, William Michael Late Coplin, Manual of Pathology, page 216

Origin

From venom + -o- + salivary.

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