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‖ mucro Zool. and Bot.|ˈmjuːkrəʊ|
Pl. mucrones |mjuːˈkrəʊniːz|, mucros.
[L. mūcro point.]
A pointed part or organ; esp.a. Ent. a short, stout, sharp-pointed process; b. Bot. a sharp terminal point; c. Conch. the apex of a shell.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iv. ii. 181 The Mucro or point thereof [i.e. of the heart] inclineth unto the left. 1744J. Wilson Synopsis of Plants, Mucro, a sharp Point. 1816Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xxiii. (1818) II. 317 The..elastic beetles..perform this motion by means of a pectoral process or mucro. 1826Ibid. xxxi. III. 253 The head is armed with two mucros or conical eminences. 1833Hooker Brit. Flora II. i. 65 Bryum affine..lid conical with a mucro. 1885Moseley in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. XXV. 42 The apices (or mucrones) of the shells. |