Anatomical structure in springtail insects.
Forked bone found in birds and other dinosaurs; fusion of the two clavicles.
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Examples for "furka "
Examples for "furka "
1 Far away over the Furka ridge a pallid glow preludes the rising of the moon.
2 Its proximity to the Furka Pass road makes it easily accessible, and popular with tourists.
3 On July 22 they drove across the Furka Pass and went down by rail to Lucerne.
4 He had walked round over the Furka Pass, had been on foot four or five days.
5 Lepontine Alps (from the Simplon to the Splugen and south of the Furka and Oberalp Passes).
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 . - The forked bone formed by the union of the collar-bones in many birds, such as the common Fowl.
7 38-Extremityof the Furcula of Fowls
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