Noun: furcula
| Singular | furcula |
| Plural | furculae; furculæ |
Sample Sentences
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In essence, a furcula is a long, rigid stick, held underneath the body at high tension. When the springtail releases that pressure, the stick pushes down into the ground, or even the water's surface, like an upside-down medieval catapult, firing the springtail into the air in a semi-controlled manner. [2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 215:]
Nouns inflected like furcula
furcula,
bursa,
ala,
stria,
habenula,
popliteal fossa,
patellula,
injuria,
catapulta,
actinula,
fossula,
fimbria,
gena,
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin furcula.