furcocercous

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/ˌfɜː(ɹ)kəˈsɜː(ɹ)kəs/

adjective

Having a forked tail

OriginMedieval Latin furcātus ← Latin furca →
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Meanings

adjectivefurcocercous (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyHaving a forked tail

    The cercaria is an apharyngeal, distome cercaria of the furcocercous, brevifurcate type with pigmented eyespots .

    1958, Parasitology Reprints: Trematoda, Schistosoma - Volume 1, page 711
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    On examining these, we found one or two infected with cercariae belonging to the furcocercous or fork tailed group.

    1946, Paul Bartsch, Schistosomophora in China, page 2

    Miller (1926) published a monograph of furcocurcous cercariae, and Cort and Brooks (1928) reported on the holostome cercariae in the Doublas Lake Region of Michigan.

    1972, Thomas Allen Erlandson, The Larval Trematode Parasites of Snails Inhabiting a Semipermanent Pond, and Ecological Factors Affecting Their Seasonal Occurrence, page 1

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

  1. Latinfurca“fork”
  2. Medieval Latinfurcātus“forked, branched”
  3. Englishfurcocercous

From Medieval Latin furcātus (“forked, branched”), from Latin furca (“fork”) + -cercous.

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APA

furcocercous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/furcocercous

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“furcocercous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/furcocercous. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “furcocercous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/furcocercous.

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