mucor noun. ['mju:kɔ:] M17.
[Latin (in sense 2 as mod. Latin genus name), from mucere be mouldy.]
1. Mouldiness, mustiness; mould. M17-M19.

2. Orig., any mould fungus. Now spec. a mould of the genus Mucor or the order Mucorales, found on decaying organic matter and occasionally pathogenic in humans. E19.

■ muco'raceous adjective of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the order Mucorales or (esp.) the family Mucoraceae of moulds M19.

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