Definitions for mucro

mucro mu·cro

Spelling: [myoo-kroh]
IPA: /ˈmyu kroʊ/

Mucro is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 49 anagrams from letters in mucro (cmoru).

Definitions for mucro

noun

  1. a short point projecting abruptly, as at the end of a leaf.

Origin of mucro

1640-50; New Latin, Latin mucrō sharp point

Examples for mucro

In the genus Blaps F., the mucro that arms the apex of each elytrum is longer in the former sex than in the latter.

Page 301: with a minute mucro, sub-chartaceous, puncticulate, strongly Changed puncticulate to punctulate.

The tail of this description of pup is in many instances armed with a mucro, or sharp point, emerging from its upper side.

The leaves are deciduous, and they are ovate, slightly hairy, and terminate in a mucro or stiff point.

Sometimes the cox of the last mentioned sex are distinguished from those of the female by being armed by a mucro or spine.

Word Value for mucro
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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