mucro
[myoo-kroh]
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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Related Words for mucro
apex, barb, beak, bill, cape, claw, cusp, dagger, head, headland, jag, prick, promontory, prong, snag, spike, spine, spire, spur, summitExamples from the Web for mucro
Historical Examples of mucro
The leaves are deciduous, and they are ovate, slightly hairy, and terminate in a mucro or stiff point.
Botany for LadiesJane Loudon
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 GrassesRai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar
mucro
noun plural mucrones (mjuːˈkrəʊniːz)
Word Origin for mucro
C17: from Latin mūcrō point
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