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furcocercous

/ˌfɜː(ɹ)kəˈsɜː(ɹ)kəs/

furcocercous adjective: having a forked tail.

Adjective

furcocercous (not comparable)

  1. Having a forked tail
    • 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
    • The cercaria is an apharyngeal, distome cercaria of the furcocercous, brevifurcate type with pigmented eyespots .1958, Parasitology Reprints: Trematoda, Schistosoma - Volume 1, page 711

Origin of furcocercous

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

Questions about furcocercous

What does furcocercous mean?
Furcocercous means having a forked tail.
What part of speech is furcocercous?
Furcocercous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce furcocercous?
Furcocercous is pronounced /ˌfɜː(ɹ)kəˈsɜː(ɹ)kəs/.

Words near furcocercous in the dictionary

  1. furciform
  2. furcoat
  3. furcoated
  4. furcoats
  5. furcocercarial
  6. furcocercous
  7. furcon
  8. furconazole
  9. furcons
  10. furcraea
  11. furcraeas

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