furculum

How to use furculum in a sentence

• The furculum, pelvis, and bones of the tail are in their natural position.

  The Geological Evidence of The Antiquity of Man | Charles Lyell

• The region of the furculum is equally well marked in the Toucans and Sun-birds.

  Colouration in Animals and Plants | Alfred Tylor

• Again, all birds that can fly possess a “merrythought,” or furculum; and such is not found in the Pterodactyl.

  Extinct Monsters | H. N. Hutchinson

• The furculum of the Bird is always absent from the Pterodactyle.

  Dragons of the Air | H. G. Seeley