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- Latin · borrowed frommucro
- English todaymucro
Borrowed from Latin mucro. From 17th century.
Words from the same roots
Latinmucro all →
mucronmucroniform
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
mucro
Today it means: 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. Full definition →
Latin mucro