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mucor

  • /ˈmjuːkə(ɹ)/

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Borrowed from Latin mucor.

noun

  1. obsolete, uncountable The property of being mucid. This day I perceived one tulip in the compreſſed air to be infected vvith ſome mucor or ſinevv; but thoſe, vvhich remained in the common air, vvere all very mucid; and alſo one of the lark-ſpurs, in the common air, had contracted a mucor.

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"mucor." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mucor. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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mucor. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mucor

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"mucor." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mucor.

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@misc{mucor_2026,
  title = {mucor},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mucor},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}