mucro

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Mesosternal cavity: in Elateridae, the opening into which the prosternal spine or mucro is fitted.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

Cones not exceeding 7 cm. in length, symmetrical, pendent on slender peduncles, ovate-conic, early deciduous; apophyses sublustrous, nut-brown, tumid at the margins, flat on the surface, the umbo large, the mucro rarely persistent.

From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell

The spores are strongly 4–5 angled, some of them square, 10–12 µ in diameter, with a prominent mucro at one angle.

From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by Atkinson, George Francis

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.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

The fourth glume has no mucro or awn and has three stamens.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.