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mucro

mucro noun: 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.

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Noun

mucro (plural mucros or mucrones)

  1. 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.

mucro meaning in Tamil

mucro in Tamil

கூர் நுனி, சிறு நுனிமுள், உமிச் சிலும்பு

Forms of mucro

pluralmucros
pluralmucrones

Origin of mucro

Borrowed from Latin mucro. From 17th century.

Words formed from mucro

Questions about mucro

What does mucro mean?
Mucro 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.
What is mucro in Tamil?
Mucro in Tamil is கூர் நுனி, சிறு நுனிமுள், உமிச் சிலும்பு. See Mucro meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mucro?
Mucro is a noun.
What is the plural of mucro?
The plural of mucro is mucros.

Words near mucro in the dictionary

  1. mucoviscidose
  2. mucoviscidosis
  3. mucoviscosities
  4. mucoviscosity
  5. mucoviscous
  6. mucro
  7. mucron
  8. mucronate
  9. mucronated
  10. mucronately
  11. mucronation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mucro (page history and authors); mucro (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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