Fur 



Fulcrum. — The tongue-bone. (L. julcntm, a prop .) 

 See Os hyoideum. 



Fulgid. — -A bright, fiery red colour. (From L. 

 jidgidus, shining, glittering.) 



Fuliginosus. — Soot-like in colour. (L. fuligo, 

 soot.) 



Fulvescent. — Shining-brown ; of tawny lustre. 

 (From L. fulvus.) 



Fulvid, Fulvous. — Tawny ; of a tawny yellow ; 

 brownish-yellow, the yellow prevailing. (L. 

 fulvus.) 



Fulvo-aeneous. — Brazen ; with a tinge of brownish 

 yellow; (L. fulvus, tawny, and aeneus, 

 brazen.) 



Fumeus. — The colour of smoke. (L.) 



Funiculus. — (Antennae.) The joint of the antennae 

 between the Scape and the Club. (L. funiculus, 

 a cord.) 



Funiculus. — A small cartilaginous cord passing 

 through a minute orafice of the post-forsenum 

 just above the point where the petiolus is fixed 

 to an opposite hole above it, which enables the 

 insect to elevate or depress the abdomen. (L.) 



Furcate, Furcated. — Dividing into two. Forked. 

 (L. furca, a fork.) 



Furred. — When short decumbent hairs thickly 

 cover any space of the surface. — See Comate 

 for contra-distinction. (F.— O.L.G.j M.E. 

 for re. — O.F. for re, fuerre, a sheath, a case, 

 whence the verb forrer, to line with fur.) 



