n. The wishbone or merrythought of birds, formed by the united clavicles.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The wishbone or merrythought of birds, formed by the united clavicles.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Same as furcula, 1.
Word Usage
"They lack true eyes, do not possess wings and have, protruding from their abdomens, a "spring tail," called a furculum, (after the Latin word for fork) which is held in place by two tiny hooks."