Furcula in a sentence

Furcula meaning

1. A forked process or structure, generally two-pronged.
2. The forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles in birds, the wishbone or merrythought.
3. The (two-pronged) forked, somewhat tail-like organ held bent forward and secured by a catch beneath most species of Collembola (springtails), with which they jump by releasing the catch abruptly when alarmed.

Using Furcula

• The main meaning on this page is: A forked process or structure, generally two-pronged. | The forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles in birds, the wishbone or merrythought. | The (two-pronged) forked, somewhat tail-like organ held bent forward and secured by a catch beneath most species of Collembola (springtails), with which they jump by releasing the catch abruptly when alarmed.
• Useful related words include: bone, os.
• In the example corpus, furcula often appears in combinations such as: the furcula.

Context around Furcula

• Average sentence length in these examples: 21.7 words
• Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 0 end
• Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

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Corpus analysis for Furcula

• In this selection, "furcula" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
• Around the word, wishbone stand out and add context to how "furcula" is used.
• Recognizable usage signals include citation a furcula wishbone was and the furcula and coracoid. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
• By corpus frequency, "furcula" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.