Definition of Furculum

1. n. The wishbone or merrythought of birds, formed by the united clavicles.

Definition of Furculum

1. Noun. (anatomy) The wishbone or merrythought of birds, formed by the united clavicles. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Furculum

1. a furcula [n -LA] - See also: furcula

Medical Definition of Furculum

1. The wishbone or merrythought of birds, formed by the united clavicles. Origin: NL, dim. Of L. Furca a fork. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Furculum

furcal nerve
furcate
furcated
furcately
furcates
furcating
furcation
furcation defects
furcations
furciferous
furcraea
furcraeas
furcula
furculae
furcular
furculum (current term)
furculæ
furder
furdle
furdled
furdles
furdling
furdom
furethidine
fureur
fureurs
furfags
furfair
furfairs

Literary usage of Furculum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication by Charles Darwin (1887)
"Thus in a Hunt, which measured from tip to tip of wings 38£ inches, the furculum was only a very little longer (with the arms hardly more ..."

2. Chambers's encyclopædia by Chambers W. and R., ltd (1874)
"(A lateral view of the furculum is given in the figure of the skeleton of the Golden Eagle in the article BIRDS.) In this class of animals, additional, ..."

3. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Ephraim Chambers (1870)
"(A lateral view of the furculum is given in the figure of the skeleton of the Golden Eagle in the article BIRDS.) In this class of animals, additional, ..."

4. The New Sydenham Society's Lexicon of Medicine and the Allied Sciences ...by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society (1882)
"A dilatation of the lower end of the oesophagus of birds, lying .above and behind the furculum or ..."

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