furcular
11furcula — n.; pl. lae [L. dim. furca, fork] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) 1. The forked springing apparatus of springtails; furca. 2. In Hymenoptera, a small sclerite of the anterior sting base which depresses, raises and rotates the sting of bees. furcular adj …
12bipartite — I adjective apart, being in two corresponding parts, bicameral, bifurcated, bifurcous, bisected, detached, dichotomous, disconnected, disengaged, disjoined, disjointed, disjunct, disunited, divaricate, divided, furcate, furcular, halved, in two,… …
13bisection — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Division into two parts. < N PARAG:bisection >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 bisection bisection bipartition Sgm: N 1 dichotomy dichotomy subdichotomy Sgm: N 1 halving halving &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 dimidiation dimidiation …
14Shapes and Resemblance — This assortment of 370 adjectives all refer in some way to the form or shape of things. Some are more geometrically descriptive than others, while a number of terms refer to animal forms or shapes of obscure objects. Certain adjectives for shapes …
15furcula — [ fə:kjʊlə] noun (plural furculae li:) Zoology 1》 the wishbone of a bird. 2》 the forked appendage at the end of the abdomen in a springtail, by which the insect jumps. Derivatives furcular adjective Origin C19: from L., dimin. of furca fork …
16furcate — a.; (also furcated) Forked, fork shaped, branching, divaricated, furcular …
17furcula — /ˈfɜkjələ/ (say ferkyuhluh) noun (plural furculae /ˈfɜkjəli/ (say ferkyuhlee)) the forked clavicular bone of a bird; wishbone. {Latin, diminutive of furca fork} –furcular, adjective …
18furcula — [fʉr′kyo͞o lə] n. pl. furculae [fʉr′kyo͞olē, fʉr′kyo͞olī΄] [ModL, forked support, dim. of L furca, a fork] Anat. Zool. any forked part or organ, as the forked tail of certain springing insects or the wishbone furcular [fʉr′kyo͞olər] adj …
19fur|cu|lar — «FUR kyuh luhr», adjective. of or like a furcula: »a furcular bone …
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