Crossword-Solution: FURCULA
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Furcula | n. | A forked process; the wishbone or furculum. |
We have 3 clues for the answer “FURCULA”
| Clue | Answers |
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| a forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles of most birds | 1 answer |
| any forklike part or organ | 1 answer |
| Wishbone ___ | 2 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
EARA
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with FURCULA (5)
The size and shape of the apertures in the sternum are highly variable; so is the degree of divergence and relative size of the two arms of the furcula.
FURCULA.—The forked bone formed by the union of the collar-bones in many birds, such as the common Fowl.
The old manservant read on again: “The pterylological characters of Photodilus seem not to have been investigated, but it has been found to want the tarsal loop, as well as the manubrial process, while its clavicles are not joined in a furcula, nor do they meet the keel, and the posterior margin of the sternum has processes and fissures like the tawny section.” Again he paused, and his gaze was satisfied and bland.
The arms of the furcula in all the specimens which I compared, diverged less, proportionally with the size of body, than in the rock-pigeon; and the whole furculum was proportionally shorter.
Dentes: the teeth or pointed processes on the inner side of the mandible: the second or middle part of the furcula in Collembola, consisting of two parallel pieces from the distal end of the manubrium and bearing at their apices the crones.