Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In entomology, the posterior forked or double apodeme which projects from the sternal wall into the cavity of a thoracic somite.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) One of the internal thoracic processes of the sternum of an insect.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology One of the internal
thoracic processes of thesternum of aninsect .
Etymologies
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New Latin, from post behind + furca a fork.
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