| forage | 1. The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc. "He [the lion] from forage will incline to play." (Shak) "One way a band select from forage drives A herd of beeves, fair oxen and fair kine." (Milton) "Mawhood completed his forage unmolested." (Marshall) 2. Food of any kind for animals, especially for horses and cattle, as grass, pasture, hay, corn, oats. Forage cap. See Cap. Forage master, a person charged with providing forage and the means of transporting it. Origin: OF. Fourage, F. Fourrage, fr. Forre, fuerre, fodder, straw, F. Feurre, fr. LL. Foderum, fodrum, of German or Scand, origin; cf. OHG. Fuotar, G. Futter. See Fodder food, and cf. Foray. To strip of provisions; to supply with forage; as, to forage steeds. To wander or rove in search of food; to collect food, especially. Forage, for horses and cattle by feeding on or stripping the country; to ravage; to feed on spoil. "His most mighty father on a hill Stood smiling to behold his lion's whelp Forage in blood of French nobility. <entomology> Foraging ant, one of several species of ants of the genus Eciton, very abundant in tropical America, remarkable for marching in vast armies in search of food. Origin: Foraged; Foraging. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| forage fish | <marine biology> Fish species that as adults are small enough to be prey of larger species, often nongame fish. (03 Apr 1998) |
| foraging habitat | Forest vegetation with the age class, species of trees, structure, sufficient area, and adequate food source to meet the needs of foraging spotted owls. This type of habitat includes nesting habitat, but it also includes younger stands, generally greater than 18" DBH with some of the structural components of nesting habitat. (05 Dec 1998) |
| foralite | <geology> A tubelike marking, occuring in sandstone and other strata. Origin: L. Forare to bore. (31 Mar 1998) |
| foramen | <anatomy> A small opening, perforation, or orifice; a fenestra. Foramen of Monro, the opening connecting the sac of the omentum with the general cavity of the peritoneum. Origin: L, fr. Forare to bore, pierce. (04 Apr 1998) |
| foramen apicis dentis | The opening at the apex of the root of a tooth that gives passage to the nerve and blood vessels. Synonym: foramen apicis dentis, apical dental foramen, root foramen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| foramen bursae omentalis majoris | <anatomy, embryology> A foramen produced by two folds of peritoneum, that covering the common/proper hepatic artery on the right and that covering the left gastric artery on the left, which encroach upon and constrict the omental bursa. It forms a communication between the superior recess of the lesser sac which lies above it and the remainder of the omental bursa. (12 Sep 2002) |
| foramen caecum linguae | <anatomy> A median pit on the dorsum of the posterior part of the tongue, from which the limbs of a V-shaped furrow run forward and outward; it is the site of origin of the thyroid gland and subsequent thyroglossal duct in the embryo. Synonym: foramen caecum linguae, blind foramen of the tongue, caecal foramen of the tongue, Morgagni's foramen, pleuroperitoneal foramen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| foramen caecum medullae oblongatae | <anatomy> A small triangular depression at the lower boundary of the pons that marks the upper limit of the median fissure of the medulla oblongata. Synonym: foramen caecum posterius, Vicq d'Azyr's foramen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| foramen caecum of frontal bone | <anatomy> Blind or caecal foramen of the frontal bone; the blind foramen formed immediately anterior to the crista galli by a notch at the lower end of the frontal crest and its articulation with the ethmoid bone. It is insignificant postnatally, but gives passage to vessels during development. Synonym: foramen caecum ossis frontalis, blind foramen of frontal bone, caecal foramen of frontal bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| foramen caecum of tongue | <anatomy> A median pit on the dorsum of the posterior part of the tongue, from which the limbs of a V-shaped furrow run forward and outward; it is the site of origin of the thyroid gland and subsequent thyroglossal duct in the embryo. Synonym: foramen caecum linguae, blind foramen of the tongue, caecal foramen of the tongue, Morgagni's foramen, pleuroperitoneal foramen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| foramen caecum ossis frontalis | <anatomy> Blind or caecal foramen of the frontal bone; the blind foramen formed immediately anterior to the crista galli by a notch at the lower end of the frontal crest and its articulation with the ethmoid bone. It is insignificant postnatally, but gives passage to vessels during development. Synonym: foramen caecum ossis frontalis, blind foramen of frontal bone, caecal foramen of frontal bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| foramen caecum posterius | <anatomy> A small triangular depression at the lower boundary of the pons that marks the upper limit of the median fissure of the medulla oblongata. Synonym: foramen caecum posterius, Vicq d'Azyr's foramen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| foramen costotransversarium | An opening between the neck of a rib and the transverse process of a vertebra, occupied by the costotransverse ligament. Synonym: foramen costotransversarium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| foramen diaphragmatis sellae | <anatomy> A hole in the centre of the diaphragm of the sella turcica giving passage to the infundibulum of the hypothalamus. (05 Mar 2000) |