different between furcula vs mucro

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin furcula

Noun

furcula (plural furculae or furculæ)

1. (anatomy) A forked process or structure, generally two-pronged.
2. (ornithology) The forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles in birds, the wishbone or merrythought.
3. (entomology) The (two-pronged) forked, somewhat tail-like organ held bent forward and secured by a catch beneath most species of Collembola (springtails), with which they jump by releasing the catch abruptly when alarmed.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

furca +? -ula.

Noun

furcula f (genitive furculae); first declension

1. small two-pronged fork
2. (plural) a narrow pass, defile

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

• furcula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• furcula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• furcula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• furcula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

Latin

Noun

mucro (plural mucros or mucrones)

1. (botany, zoology) 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.

Anagrams

• Corum, Muroc, mucor

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps individualizing n-stem derivative of a lost adjective *m?kro- "pointed, sharp", from a Proto-Italic *meuk-ro- or mouk-ro-, derivative of a Proto-Indo-European root *h?meuk?- also seen in Greek ?????? "I tear, rip" and ???????? "arrowtips" and perhaps also in Lithuanian mùšti "strike".

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?mu?.kro?/, [?mu?k?o?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?mu.kro/, [?mu?k??]

Noun

m?cr? m (genitive m?cr?nis); third declension

1. A sharp point, especially the point of a sword.
2. (figuratively) A sword.
3. A sharp edge.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

• Catalan: mugró
• English: mucro
• Portuguese: mucrão

References

• mucro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mucro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mucro in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• mucro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• mucro in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers