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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
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Definition of Furculum
1. a furcula [n -LA] - See also: furcula
Medical Definition of Furculum
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Furculum
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 ..."