furcula

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin furcula. === Noun === furcula (plural furculae or furculæ) (anatomy) A forked process or structure, generally two-pronged. (ornithology) The forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles in birds, the wishbone or merrythought. (entomology) 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. ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === From furca + -ula. === Noun === furcula f (genitive furculae); first declension small two-pronged fork (in the plural) a narrow pass, defile ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “furcula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “furcula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "furcula", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “furcula”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.