Furca

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

in biology:

• Furca (genus), a prehistoric arthropod
• Furca (springtail), an anatomical structure in springtail insects
• 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

in other uses:

• Forked cross, a cross in Gothic architecture
• Furcas, a demonic mythological character
• Furca, a carrying pole for the sarcina of Roman Legionaries

See also

• Fork (disambiguation)