Example Sentences

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During the takeoff, when the springtails smacked their tail-like furculae off the water, the collophores picked up a drop of water.

From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2022

They also had wishbones, or furculae, another chapter of the story.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2016