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

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

So true is that observation, Naturam expellas furca licet, usque recurret.

From The History of the Life of the Late Mr Jonathan Wild the Great by Fielding, Henry

“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

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