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
That is, you must allow for the recoil."Naturam expellas furca tamen usque recurret."
From Ethics by Aristotle
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
But as Horace says, Naturam expellas furca, tamen usque recurret.'
From Erasmus and the Age of Reformation by Huizinga, Johan
Sulkily enough the executioners unbound the heavy furca.
From A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. by Davis, William Stearns
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