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

Word History and Origins

Origin of mucro¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of mucro¹

C17: from Latin mūcrō point

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.

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

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

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

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

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