Crossword-Solution: MUCRO
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Mucro | n. | A minute abrupt point, as of a leaf; any small, sharp point or process, terminating a larger part or organ. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| MUCRO | anagram | CORUM, MUCOR |
We have 2 clues for the answer “MUCRO”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Short, sharp leaf projection | 1 answer |
| sharp-pointed part | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
RAEET
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with MUCRO (5)
Specimens of his versification are-- "Interea Oceani linquens Aurora cubile." "Quod genus hoc hominum Saturno sancte create?" "Pressatur pede pes, mucro mucrone, viro vir." [12] CHAPTER VII.
Nam si nobis sola materia fuerit ex litibus, necesse est deteratur fulgor et durescat articulus et ipse ille mucro ingenii cotidiana pugna retundatur.
Mucro: a long, straight or curved process terminating in a point: the pro-sternal process in Elateridae: the terminal spine or process of an obtect pupa: "the median posterior point of the epigastrium when differentiated by elevation." Mucronate: terminated in a sharp point.
Prosternal spine: the curved mucro in Elateridae which extends backward into a meso-sternal cavity: the cone or tubercle between fore-legs in some Orthoptera.
The _fourth glume_ is ovate or oblong, rugulose, chartaceous, apex with a distinct mucro concealed in the second and third glumes; _palea_ same as the glume in texture, etc.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: LAT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1997).