mucro
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Origin of mucro
1640–50; < New Latin, Latin mucrō sharp point
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Page 301: with a minute mucro, sub-chartaceous, puncticulate, strongly Changed puncticulate to punctulate.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
Prosternal spine: the curved mucro in Elateridae which extends backward into a meso-sternal cavity: the cone or tubercle between fore-legs in some Orthoptera.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
The spores are strongly 4–5 angled, some of them square, 10–12 µ in diameter, with a prominent mucro at one angle.
From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by Atkinson, George Francis
Cones usually very small, from 4 to 6 cm. long, but with a larger varietal form, ovate to long-conic, symmetrical; apophyses nut-brown, flat or tumid, the mucro usually deciduous.
From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell
Mesosternal cavity: in Elateridae, the opening into which the prosternal spine or mucro is fitted.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
He affirms that "Apothegms are not only for delight and ornament but for business also and civil use," for "they are, according to Cicero, mucrones verborum, pointed speeches."
From Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources by Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward)
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