viscidity

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It is by some supposed that high colors and viscidity are indications of non-edible species, but there are numerous exceptions here.

From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas

The new-born worms, thanks to a slight viscidity, cling for a moment to the wire-gauze; they swarm, wriggle, release themselves and leap into the chasm.

From The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

The newborn worms, thanks to a slight viscidity, cling for a moment to the wire gauze; they swarm, wriggle, release themselves and leap into the chasm.

From The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

It has frequently done great service in some kinds of scurvies and other chronic disorders proceeding from a viscidity of the juices, or obstructions of the excretory ducts.

From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by Salisbury, William

Among these I may particularly refer to the contracted stigmatic chamber, and the slight viscidity of its disk.

From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Darwin, Francis, Sir