furca
Britishnoun
Other Word Forms
- furcal adjective
Etymology
Origin of furca
Latin: fork
Example Sentences
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“I am seeing plenty of Lingulodinium polyedra and Tripos furca the last few days — both are producers of the bioluminescence light shows we are seeing.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2024
Ostracoda.—The body, seldom in any way segmented, is wholly encased in a bivalved shell, the caudal part strongly inflexed, and almost always ending in a furca.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various
Is he to be ever marking passages? if so, he has the real trouble of being editor, not I. Naturam expellas furca, &c.
From Memoirs of James Robert Hope-Scott, Volume 2 by Ornsby, Robert
On the other hand, the two limbless segments that precede the caudal furca are decidedly non-malacostracan.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various
“Naturam expellas furca, tamen usque recurret,” he wrote in a copy of Polonius which he gave to a special friend, and Nature was what he was always seeking in poetry.
From Tennyson and His Friends by Various
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