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Furcula: meaning, pronunciation and examples
Furcula noun. The forked bone in a bird's breast, better known as the wishbone.
How to say it
FUR-kyoo-luh/ˈfəːkjʊlə/
3 syllables, stressed on the first (FUR).
Furcula in a sentence
The children pulled the turkey's furcula, and the bigger half went to the youngest.
Some dinosaurs had a furcula too, one of the clues that links them to birds.
Similar and opposite
Similar:
- wishbone
Where furcula comes from
From Latin furcula, a little fork.
Test yourself
Which word fills the gap?
Some dinosaurs had a _____ too, one of the clues that links them to birds.
- apophenia
- acnestis
- furcula
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furcula: Some dinosaurs had a furcula too, one of the clues that links them to birds.