mucro

[ myoo-kroh ]

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noun,plural mu·cro·nes

[myoo-kroh-neez]. /myuˈkroʊ niz/. Botany, Zoology.

a short point projecting abruptly, as at the end of a leaf.

Origin of mucro

1640–50; <New Latin, Latin mucrō sharp point

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How to use mucro in a sentence

The tail of this description of pup is in many instances armed with a mucro, or sharp point, emerging from its upper side.
An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. III (of 4) | William Kirby
In the genus Blaps F., the mucro that arms the apex of each elytrum is longer in the former sex than in the latter.
An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. III (of 4) | William Kirby
Sometimes the cox of the last mentioned sex are distinguished from those of the female by being armed by a mucro or spine.
An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. III (of 4) | William Kirby
Page 301: with a minute mucro, sub-chartaceous, puncticulate, strongly Changed puncticulate to punctulate.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses | Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar
Hic est mucro defensionis tu—This is the point of your defence.
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources | James Wood

British Dictionary definitions for mucro

mucro

/ (ˈmjuːkrəʊ) /

nounplural mucrones (mjuːˈkrəʊniːz)

biology a short pointed projection from certain parts or organs, as from the tip of a leaf

Origin of mucro

C17: from Latin mūcrō point

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