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Furca

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Furca (Latin for "fork"), plural forms furcae or furcas, or its diminutive, furcula, may refer to:

Biology

  • Furca (genus), a prehistoric arthropod
  • Furca (springtail), an anatomical structure in springtail entognaths.
  • Caudal furca ("tail fork"), part of the telson of some crustaceans
  • Furcula, the wishbone of birds and some dinosaurs
  • Furcula (moth) a genus of Noctuid moths
  • Any small forked structure of animal anatomy

Other uses

  • Forked cross, a cross in Gothic architecture
  • Furca (punishment), a cross-like instrument for punishment
  • Furcas, a demonic mythological character
  • Furca, a carrying pole for the sarcina of Roman legionaries
  • Furca, the Aromanian name of Fourka, a village in Greece

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