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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.
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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
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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).
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