Definition of Furcations

1. Noun. (plural of furcation) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Furcations

1. furcation [n] - See also: furcation

Lexicographical Neighbors of Furcations

furbished
furbisher
furbishers
furbishes
furbishing
furbisht
furcal
furcal nerve
furcate
furcated
furcately
furcates
furcating
furcation
furcation defects
furcations (current term)
furciferous
furcraea
furcraeas
furcula
furculae
furcular
furculum
furculæ
furder
furdle
furdled
furdles
furdling
furdom

Literary usage of Furcations

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the American Entomological Society by American Entomological Society (1907)
"Wings with brown and black, most noticeable at furcations and tips of veins...4. ... Wings with dark brown at furcations and tip of wings nil i ..."

2. Phycologia Australica; or, A history of Australian seaweeds by William Henry Harvey (1863)
"ones somewhat cuneate below the furcations, all very obtuse or round-topped ; the margin throughout sharply and coarsely toothed, ..."

3. On the Germination, Development, and Fructification of the Higher by Wilhelm Hofmeister, Frederick Currey (1862)
"The distances between two furcations are very unequal, and manifestly dependent upon the amount of nourishment being greater or less. ..."

4. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1869)
"... ones are five or six times the length of the primary ones, and without any secondary furcations, while at other times one or more of the ..."

5. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1902)
"Our specimen shows the tri furcations in the last whorl mentioned by Castillo and Aguilera, has the same (or possibly one less) number of costae on this ..."

6. A Monograph of the British Spongiadæ by James Scott Bowerbank (1864)
"53), but in this case the radii of the extreme furcations are not all in the same plane, as appears always to be the case with those of the secondary radii, ..."

7. Transactions of the Geological Society of London by Geological Society of London (1856)
"Dorsal lobe as large as the superior lateral, bifurcated, the furcations trifurcated. Intermediate pinnated but unbranched auxiliary lobes between the ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Furcations on Dictionary.com!Search for Furcations on Thesaurus.com!Search for Furcations on Google!Search for Furcations on Wikipedia!

Search