Furca

Quick meaning: Furca is a noun meaning (zoology) A forked structure, a fork-like part.

Meaning

(zoology) A forked structure, a fork-like part.

Example Sentences

Сaudal duct splits up in front of furcae into two canals reaching middle of furcae, where it opens with pores.

It has a mesosternum with well-developed, sessile furca. The arms of the mesosternal furca have a broad median and strictured and hemispherical apical part.

Insects like grasshoppers use a specialized structure called the furca to facilitate jumping. The furca operates as a spring, compressing until a critical point is reached, where potential energy converts to kinetic energy, enabling a powerful jump.

Word Forms

• furcae

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sternal, telson, lamella, caudal, stem, segments.

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