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mucor (iou) and hoarsen (iou)


mucor (iou)



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

hoarsen (iou)



hoarsen verb. M18.
[from HOARSE adjective + -EN5.]
verb trans. Make hoarse. M18.
verb intrans. Be or become hoarse. L18.