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mucro

/myoo-kroh/US // ˈmyu kroʊ //UK // (ˈmjuːkrəʊ) //

黏液,粘土,粘液,粘性

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural mu·cro·nes [myoo-kroh-neez]. /myuˈkroʊ niz/. Botany, Zoology.

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

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Examples

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

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

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

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

  • Hic est mucro defensionis tu—This is the point of your defence.