mucous > define
adjective
- Of or secreting or covered with or resembling mucus.
- usage: "mucous tissue"; "mucous glands of the intestine"
- synonyms: mucose
by WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (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.
by Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary