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furca

/ ˈɜːə /

noun

  1. zoology any forklike structure, esp in insects
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈڳܰ, adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of furca1

Latin: fork
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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.”

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Louisiana Department of Public Safety Officer Donald Furca told investigators he saw a woman leave the convention center and place two boxes in Giscombe’s car about 11:20 p.m.

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When Furca questioned Giscombe and the woman, Giscombe said he told the woman to bring the boxes, which contained 40 N95 masks for medical workers staffing the 1,000-bed hospital inside the convention center.

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It may be supposed to have approximated, in general form, to Apus, with an elongated body composed of numerous similar somites and terminating in a caudal furca; with the post-oral appendages all similar and all bearing gnathobasic processes; and with a carapace originating as a shell-fold from the maxillary somite.

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Very commonly the posterior end of the body becomes forked, two processes growing out at the sides of the anus and often persisting in the adult as the “caudal furca.”

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