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profurca

profurca noun: a bundle of muscles in the thorax of some insects.

Noun

profurca (plural profurcae)

  1. A bundle of muscles in the thorax of some insects

Forms of profurca

pluralprofurcae

Questions about profurca

What does profurca mean?
Profurca means a bundle of muscles in the thorax of some insects.
What part of speech is profurca?
Profurca is a noun.
What is the plural of profurca?
The plural of profurca is profurcae.

Words near profurca in the dictionary

  1. profundities
  2. profunditude
  3. profundity
  4. profundulid
  5. profundulids
  6. profurca
  7. profurcae
  8. profurcal
  9. profurcasternal
  10. profurcasternum
  11. profuse

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