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mucro

[ myoo-kroh ]

noun

, Botany, Zoology.
, plural mu·cro·nes [myoo-, kroh, -neez].
  1. a short point projecting abruptly, as at the end of a leaf.


mucro

/ ˈmjuːkrəʊ /

noun

  1. biology a short pointed projection from certain parts or organs, as from the tip of a leaf
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of mucro1

1640–50; < New Latin, Latin mucrō sharp point
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mucro1

C17: from Latin mūcrō point
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Example Sentences

The tail of this description of pup is in many instances armed with a mucro, or sharp point, emerging from its upper side.

In the genus Blaps F., the mucro that arms the apex of each elytrum is longer in the former sex than in the latter.

Sometimes the cox of the last mentioned sex are distinguished from those of the female by being armed by a mucro or spine.

Page 301: with a minute mucro, sub-chartaceous, puncticulate, strongly Changed puncticulate to punctulate.

Hic est mucro defensionis tu—This is the point of your defence.

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