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