mucous

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Screwworms are parasitic flies whose females lay eggs in open wounds and mucous membranes of living warm-blooded animals and people.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

The flies lay their eggs in open wounds or mucous membranes of warm-blooded animals, where they hatch into larvae and feed on flesh.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

William, who Rona chirpily informs us has “a rare mucous membrane disorder,” is happy to get “lugubrious”: “Meaning extremely sad and droopy? A topic I am all too familiar with.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

The fluid consistency of milk may allow the virus to make greater contact with mucous membranes in the throat, while cheese likely provides less exposure time for infection to begin.

From Science Daily • Oct. 21, 2025

An insect crushed itself against the windshield, leaving a yellow, mucous smear.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison