Definitions for furcula

furcula fur·cu·la

Spelling: [fur-kyuh-luh]
IPA: /ˈfɜr kyə lə/

Furcula is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 101 anagrams from letters in furcula (acflruu).

Definitions for furcula

noun

  1. the forked clavicular bone of a bird; wishbone.
  2. the ventral, forked appendage on the abdomen of a springtail that the insect uses in springing itself into the air.
  3. furcula.

Origin of furcula

1855-60; Latin: a forked prop. See fork, -ule

Examples for furcula

The furcula is large, and the scapula has a well developed acromion.

The extremities of the furcula, where articulated to the coracoids, vary considerably in outline.

The size and shape of the perforations in the sternum, and the size and divergence of the arms of the furcula, differ.

Anatomically, this genus is remarkable in the parrot tribe for having no furcula, or merry-thought bone.

The coracoids are large, and the clavicles are nearly always united forming the furcula.

In a pouter, the furcula had not been lengthened proportionally with the increased length of the body.

Mucrones: in Collembola the two small end pieces of the furcula, proceeding from the dentes.

In furcula, the outer margin of the band is generally sharply bent inward just below the costa.

Word Value for furcula
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

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