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Mucro
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Mu′cro
,Noun.
[L.]
(Bot. & Zool.)
A minute abrupt point, as of a leaf; any small, sharp point or process, terminating a larger part or organ.
Definition 2024
mucro
mucro
English
Noun
mucro (plural mucros or mucrones)
- (botany, zoology) A pointed end, often sharp, abruptly terminating an organ, such as a projection at the tip of a leaf; the posterior tip of a cuttlebone; or the distal part of the furcula in Collembola.
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μύκρον (múkron, “sharp point”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmu.kroː/, [ˈmʊ.kroː]
Noun
mucrō m (genitive mucrōnis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mucrō | mucrōnēs |
| genitive | mucrōnis | mucrōnum |
| dative | mucrōnī | mucrōnibus |
| accusative | mucrōnem | mucrōnēs |
| ablative | mucrōne | mucrōnibus |
| vocative | mucrō | mucrōnēs |
Descendants
- English: mucro
- Portuguese: mucrão
References
- mucro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mucro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- MUCRO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “mucro”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- mucro in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers