furca

British  

/ ˈfɜːkə /

noun

1. zoology any forklike structure, esp in insects

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Other Word Forms

• furcal adjective

Etymology

Origin of furca

Latin: fork

Example Sentences

“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

Hybridity appears to be in a measure unnatural; and the old proverb true in respect to it— “Si furca naturam expellas, Usque recurret.”

From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Hitchcock, Edward

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

Copepoda.—The body is not encased in a bivalved shell; its articulated segments are at most eleven, those behind the genital segment being without trace of limbs, but the last almost always carrying a furca.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various

But as Horace says, Naturam expellas furca, tamen usque recurret.'

From Erasmus and the Age of Reformation by Huizinga, Johan