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Definition of Furcula
1. Noun. A forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles of most birds.
Definition of Furcula
1. n. A forked process; the wishbone or furculum.
Definition of Furcula
1. Noun. (anatomy) A forked process or structure, generally two-pronged. ¹
2. Noun. (ornithology) The forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles in birds, the wishbone or merrythought. ¹
3. Noun. (entomology) The (two-pronged,) forked, somewhat tail-like organ held bent forward and secured by a catch beneath most species of Collembola (springtails), with which they jump by releasing the catch abruptly when alarmed. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Furcula
1. a forked bone [n -LAE] : FURCULAR [adj]
Medical Definition of Furcula
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Furcula
Literary usage of Furcula
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1904)
"IOWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. that therefore the furcula in that family was not ...
The furcula seems to me to belong to the fourth somite, and to be merely ..."
2. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1904)
"that therefore the furcula in that family was not really homologous with that
... The furcula seems to me to belong to the fourth somite, and to be merely ..."
3. The Birds of Jamaica by Philip Henry Gosse, Richard Hill (1847)
"... there are on the breast two masses of filamentous down, commonly of a pale
buff hue, lying just over the furcula; beneath which, attached to the inner ..."
4. Habit and Intelligence: A Series of Essays on the Laws of Life and Mind by Joseph John Murphy (1879)
"furcula present Oil - gland present . Oil - gland absent . ... of the furcula.
Transverse Affinities will be found under any Scheme of Classi- / "f ion. ..."
5. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1895)
"Dentes and manubrium subequal in length ; furcula not attaining the ventral tube
... Dentes more than twice as long as the manubrium ; furcula attaining the ..."
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