fourchette

[ foor-shet ]

noun
  1. Anatomy. the fold of skin that forms the posterior margin of the vulva.

  2. Ornithology. furcula; wishbone.

  1. Zoology. the frog of an animal's foot.

  2. a strip of leather or fabric joining the front and back sections of a glove finger.

  3. Chiefly Bridge. a tenace.

Origin of fourchette

1
1745–55; <French, diminutive of fourche;see fork, -ette

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fourchette

/ (fʊəˈʃɛt) /


noun
  1. anatomy the bandlike fold of skin, about one inch from the anus, forming the posterior margin of the vulva

  2. a less common name for furcula, frog 3

Origin of fourchette

1
C18: from French: a little fork, from Old French forche , from Latin furca fork

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