antefurcan.

Brit.

/ˌantᵻˈfəːkə/, U.S.

/ˌæn(t)əˈfərkə/

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

Etymology: < scientific Latin antefurca (see quot. 1826) < classical Latin ante- ante- prefix + furca fork (see furca n.). N.E.D. (1885) gives the pronunciation as (æntĭfɒ̄·ɹkă) /æntɪˈfɜːkə/.

Entomology. Now rare.

In the thorax of an insect: the furca (furca n. 2) of the prothorax, which is the first of three furcas that serve for the attachment of muscles in the thorax.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > [noun] > member of > parts of > ventral part of segment > forked projections on ventral surface

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Dictyoptera > member of genus Blatta (cockroach) > projection supporting nervous cord

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1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xliii. 178 One of the rotators of the anterior coxa and the extensor of the anterior thigh [have their attachment] to the antefurca.

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

1909 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 61 35 There is no ante-furca..in the cockroach.

1989 S. W. Nichols Torre-Bueno Gloss. Entomol. 44 Antefurca, an internal forked process from the prosternum, to which muscles are attached.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	antefurca
释义	antefurcan. Brit. /ˌantᵻˈfəːkə/, U.S. /ˌæn(t)əˈfərkə/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin antefurca. Etymology: < scientific Latin antefurca (see quot. 1826) < classical Latin ante- ante- prefix + furca fork (see furca n.). N.E.D. (1885) gives the pronunciation as (æntĭfɒ̄·ɹkă) /æntɪˈfɜːkə/. Entomology. Now rare. In the thorax of an insect: the furca (furca n. 2) of the prothorax, which is the first of three furcas that serve for the attachment of muscles in the thorax. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > [noun] > member of > parts of > ventral part of segment > forked projections on ventral surface antefurca1826 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Dictyoptera > member of genus Blatta (cockroach) > projection supporting nervous cord antefurca1826 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xliii. 178 One of the rotators of the anterior coxa and the extensor of the anterior thigh [have their attachment] to the antefurca. 1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals vii. 404 Forked or double apodemes, the antefurca, medifurca, and postfurca. 1909 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 61 35 There is no ante-furca..in the cockroach. 1989 S. W. Nichols Torre-Bueno Gloss. Entomol. 44 Antefurca, an internal forked process from the prosternum, to which muscles are attached. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1826
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