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Meanings of furcula in English
Russian
вилка 
Synonyms
Examples for "wishbone"
Examples for "wishbone"
1
Her face was a regular oval, like the opening in a wishbone.
2
Elnora drew the knife from its holder and cut off the wishbone.
3
But she relented again at the last and gave Cecily a wishbone.
4
Each girl puts her bit of the wishbone over a different door.
5
In proportion as a man's backbone weakens his wishbone seems to develop.
Usage of furcula in English
1
In a pouter, the furcula had not been lengthened proportionally with the increased length of the body.
2
Although the method was meant to simply stun the furcula, the force of the electricity could cause enormous pain.
3
Working primarily with bones of the shoulder girdle, he found a putative homologue of the furcula (wishbone) in birds.
4
If placed over the furcula of an angel, and the shot directed into the solar plexus, the creature would be stunned for hours.
5
In a barb, which in all its measurements was a little larger than the same rock-pigeon, the furcula was a quarter of an inch shorter.
6
FURCULA.-Theforked bone formed by the union of the collar-bones in many birds, such as the common Fowl.
7
38-Extremityof the Furcula of Fowls
Frequent collocations
Furcula through the time