Defn: Somewhat mucky; soft, sticky, and dirty; muxy. [Prov. Eng.] R.
D. Blackmore.
MUCKWORM
Muck"worm`, n.
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A larva or grub that lives in muck or manure; — applied to the larvæ of the tumbledung and allied beetles.
2. One who scrapes together money by mean labor and devices; a miser. "Misers are muckworms." Pope.
MUCKY
Muck"y, a.
1. Filthy with muck; miry; as, a mucky road. "Mucky filth." Spenser.
2. Vile, in a moral sense; sordid. [Obs.] Spenser. Mucky money and false felicity. Latimer.
MUCOCELE
Mu"co*cele, n. Etym: [Mucus + Gr. (Med.)
Defn: An enlargement or protrusion of the mucous membrane of the lachrymal passages, or dropsy of the lachrymal sac, dependent upon catarrhal inflammation of the latter. Dunglison.