salivator

English

Etymology

From salivate +‎ -or.

Noun

salivator (plural salivators)

  1. (medicine) An agent which causes salivation.
  2. One who salivates.
    • 1981, Samuel Anthony Barnett, Modern Ethology: The Science of Animal Behavior, page 152:
      The people who took part fell into two groups, high salivators and low salivators.

Latin

Verb

salīvātor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of salīvō
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