furculum
Americannoun
plural
furculaEtymology
Origin of furculum
From New Latin
Example Sentences
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The arms of the furcula in all the specimens which I compared, diverged less, proportionally with the size of body, than in the rock-pigeon; and the whole furculum was proportionally shorter.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 1 by Darwin, Charles
With our anciently domesticated birds, the wings have been little used, and they are slightly reduced; with their decrease, the crest of the sternum, the scapulae, coracoids, and furculum, have all been reduced.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 by Darwin, Charles
Manubrium: in Coleoptera: that part of the mesosternum in Elateridae which forms the process for fitting into the cavity of the prothorax: in Collembola the basal part of the furculum.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
In a Barb, which in all its measurements was a little larger than the same rock-pigeon, the furculum was a quarter of an inch shorter.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 1 by Darwin, Charles
The furculum of the Bird is always absent from the Pterodactyle.
From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.
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