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Definition of Fulcra

Fulcra
Fulcra Ful"cra, n. pl. See Fulcrum.
Fulcra
Fulcrum Ful"crum, n.; pl. L. Fulcra, E. Fulcrums. [L., bedpost, fr. fulcire to prop.] 1. A prop or support. 2. (Mech.) That by which a lever is sustained, or about which it turns in lifting or moving a body. 3. (Bot.) An accessory organ such as a tendril, stipule, spine, and the like. [R.] --Gray. 4. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The horny inferior surface of the lingua of certain insects. (b) One of the small, spiniform scales found on the front edge of the dorsal and caudal fins of many ganoid fishes. 5. (Anat.) The connective tissue supporting the framework of the retina of the eye.

Meaning of Fulcra from wikipedia

- Look up fulcrum in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A fulcrum (pl.: fulcra or fulcrums) is the support about which a lever pivots. Fulcrum may also refer...
- Characters of Actinopteri include paired fin structure, a single dorsal fin, fulcra, a large median gular and numerous branchiostegals, ganoid scales, and a...
- mattresses and feather-beds were softer and higher, and their supports (fulcra) were lower in proportion than those of older triclinium couches. The cloths...
- century BC Mask of Silen, first half of 1st century BC Two Roman bronze fulcra (couch ornaments) representing Silenus, 1st century BC – 1st century AD...
- tibial spurs. Pectines have con****uous or incon****uous fulcra, but rarely can be without fulcra. There are about 8 to 26 pectinal teeth. Movable fingers...
- Levers of a compound-lever clipper; purple triangles denote the fulcra...
- is similar to that of the Royal Artillery but with "HAC" and "Arma Pacis Fulcra" replacing "Ubique" and "Quo Fas et Gloria Du****". In Full Dress (normally...
- shoot consists of the stem (truncus), the leaves (folia), accessory parts (fulcra, according to § 84 sti****s, bracts, spines, prickles, tendrils, glands...
- distal elements. There are fringing fulcra positioned along the fish few rays along with a set of 6 strong fulcra being present on the edges of the axial...
- characteristic skeletal traits, such as a hatchet-shaped preopercle, a series of fulcra (thin spiny scales) fringing the fins, a reduced number of branchiostegal...