Mucophagy
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Mucophagy is feeding on mucus of fishes or invertebrates.
There are mucophagous parasites, such as some sea lice that attach themselves to gill segments of fish. [1]
Mucophages may serve as cleaners of other animals.
Another usage of this term is in reference to the feeding organ rich in mucuous cells which pumps the water through, feeding paricles get enrapped in mucus, and the latter proceeds into the esophagus. [2]
In some cases, the term is used to simply refer to the generalized eating of mucous, and can refer to people who eat their own nasal mucous.
