[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- Mouldiness, mustiness; mould.

- In form Mucor. A genus of fungi, originally (especially in Linnaean use) comprising diverse (chiefly mould-forming) fungi and slime moulds, but later restricted to some fifty usually saprophytic zygomycetes which produce abundant mycelium; (also mucor) a fungus of this genus.


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas Blount (1618–1679), antiquary and lexicographer. From classical Latin mūcor mustiness, mould from mūcēre to be mouldy (from mūcus) + -or