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Forked cross Forked cross in St. Mary's in the Capitol, Cologne. A forked cross, is a Gothic cross in the form of the letter Y that is also known as a crucifixus dolorosus, furca, ypsilon cross, Y-cross, robber's cross or thief's cross.
Furca, 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 a genus of Noctuid moths; Any small forked structure of animal anatomy
Furca (Latin for "fork") is an extinct genus of marrellomorph arthropod known from the Sandbian stage (upper Ordovician period) of the Czech Republic, [1] with a single currently described species, Furca bohemica.
The furcula, or furca is a forked, tail-like appendage. It is present in most species of springtails , and in them it is attached ventrally to the fourth abdominal segment. The organ most often is present in species of Collembola that lives in the upper soil layers where it is used for jumping to avoid predators. [ 1 ]
The etymology of his name may be derived from the Latin word furca, meaning fork, [6] or from Greco-Roman also meaning a sepulchre (tomb). [7] In popular culture.
River bifurcation (from Latin: furca, fork) occurs when a river (a bifurcating river) flowing in a single channel separates into two or more separate streams (called distributaries) which then continue downstream. Some rivers form complex networks of distributaries, typically in their deltas.
From left to right: dessert fork, relish fork, salad fork, dinner fork, cold cuts fork, serving fork, carving fork. In cutlery or kitchenware, a fork (from Latin: furca 'pitchfork') is a utensil, now usually made of metal, whose long handle terminates in a head that branches into several narrow and often slightly curved tines with which one can spear foods either to hold them to cut with a ...
When the shield is carried on the tip of the abdomen, it is secured to a double-lobed, spine-like process called the caudal furca, [6] which is also known as the "anal fork". [7] The larva constructs the shield by maneuvering its "muscular telescopic and highly protrusible anus", [8] or "anal turret", which is positioned dorsally, on the back.