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

That is, you must allow for the recoil."Naturam expellas furca tamen usque recurret."

From Ethics by Aristotle

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

From Erasmus and the Age of Reformation by Huizinga, Johan

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

“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