medifurcan.

Brit.

/mɛdɪˈfəːkə/, U.S.

/ˌmɛdɪˈfərkə/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin medifurca.

Etymology: < scientific Latin medifurca (in quot. 1826 at main sense) < classical Latin medi- medi- comb. form + furca furca n. (compare furca n. 2). Compare French médifourche (1840).

Entomology. Now rare.

In an insect: the middle of three forked apodemes which serve for the attachment of muscles in the thorax; the mesosternal furca.

ΚΠ

1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. 379 Medifurca (the Medifurca). A branching vertical process of the endosternum.

1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals vii. 404 Forked or double apodemes, the antefurca, medifurca, and postfurca.

1989 S. W. Nichols Torre-Bueno Gloss. Entomol. 433 Medifurca, Furca..of mesosternum.

Derivatives

mediˈfurcal adj. rare

ΚΠ

1890 Cent. Dict. Medifurcal, pertaining to the medifurca, or having its character: as a medifurcal process.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	medifurca
释义	medifurcan. Brit. /mɛdɪˈfəːkə/, U.S. /ˌmɛdɪˈfərkə/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin medifurca. Etymology: < scientific Latin medifurca (in quot. 1826 at main sense) < classical Latin medi- medi- comb. form + furca furca n. (compare furca n. 2). Compare French médifourche (1840). Entomology. Now rare. In an insect: the middle of three forked apodemes which serve for the attachment of muscles in the thorax; the mesosternal furca. ΚΠ 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. 379 Medifurca (the Medifurca). A branching vertical process of the endosternum. 1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals vii. 404 Forked or double apodemes, the antefurca, medifurca, and postfurca. 1989 S. W. Nichols Torre-Bueno Gloss. Entomol. 433 Medifurca, Furca..of mesosternum. Derivatives mediˈfurcal adj. rare ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Medifurcal, pertaining to the medifurca, or having its character: as a medifurcal process. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1826
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