furcaladj.

/ˈfəːkəl/

Etymology: < Latin furca fork + -al suffix¹.

Zoology.

Forked, furcate; esp. of or pertaining to a furca.

ΘΚΠ

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furcate1819

furcated1828

furcal1851

1851 Trans. Linn. Soc. 20 434 Some traces of the entrances into these furcal bones exist in the sternal plates of Perla.

1895 Cambr. Nat. Hist. V. i. 399 [In Perlidæ] the metasternum..has on each side a peculiar slit; similar orifices exist on the other sterna... Newport..says that they are blind invaginations of the integument; he calls them the sternal or furcal orifices.

1969 R. F. Chapman Insects ix. 154 It is probable that the mechanism of furcal extension is not the same in all Collembola.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	furcal
释义	furcaladj. /ˈfəːkəl/ Etymology: < Latin furca fork + -al suffix¹. Zoology. Forked, furcate; esp. of or pertaining to a furca. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [adjective] > branched furcate1819 furcated1828 furcal1851 1851 Trans. Linn. Soc. 20 434 Some traces of the entrances into these furcal bones exist in the sternal plates of Perla. 1895 Cambr. Nat. Hist. V. i. 399 [In Perlidæ] the metasternum..has on each side a peculiar slit; similar orifices exist on the other sterna... Newport..says that they are blind invaginations of the integument; he calls them the sternal or furcal orifices. 1969 R. F. Chapman Insects ix. 154 It is probable that the mechanism of furcal extension is not the same in all Collembola. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1851
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