NOUN | animal | furcula | a forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles of most birds |
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Meaning | A forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles of most birds. | |
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Part of | bird | warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings |
Narrower | wishbone, wishing bone | The furcula of a domestic fowl |
Broader | bone, os | rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates |
Spanish | fúrcula | |
Catalan | fúrcula |
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