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‖ furculum Ornith.|ˈfɜːkjʊləm|
[mod.L. furculum, incorrectly formed dim. of furca.]
= furcula 1.
1833Sir C. Bell Hand (1834) 54 The furculum or fork bone, which in carving, we detach after removing the wings of the fowl, corresponds with the clavicle. 1863Lyell Antiq. Man xxii. 451 The furculum, or merry-thought..marks the forepart of the trunk. 1873J. Geikie Gt. Ice Age App. 525 The furculum of a gull was found in brick-clay at the Bridge of Johnston, near Paisley. |