salivarium

English

Etymology

From New Latin salīvārium, from Latin salīva + -ārium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sælɪˈvɛɹiːəm/

Noun

salivarium (plural salivaria)

1. A small pocket, inside the oral cavity of an insect, which contains the opening of the salivary duct

Related terms

• salivarian

Latin

Adjective

salīvārium

1. inflection of salīvārius:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

References

• salivarium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)