furculumn.
/ˈfəːkjʊləm/ Ornithology.
= furcula n. 1.
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1833 C. Bell Hand iii. 51 The furculum, or fork bone, which in carving, we detach, after removing the wings of a fowl, corresponds with the form and place of the clavicle.
1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man xxii. 451 The furculum, or merry-thought..marks the forepart of the trunk.
1874 J. Geikie Great Ice Age 557 The furculum of a gull was found in brick-clay at the Bridge of Johnston, near Paisley.
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