furcula

See also: fúrcula

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin furcula.

Noun

furcula (plural furculae or furculæ)

  1. (anatomy) A forked process or structure, generally two-pronged.
  2. (ornithology) The forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles in birds, the wishbone or merrythought.
  3. (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
forked bone in birds — See also translations at wishbone

Latin

Etymology

furca +‎ -ula.

Noun

furcula f (genitive furculae); first declension

  1. small two-pronged fork
  2. (plural) a narrow pass, defile

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative furcula furculae
Genitive furculae furculārum
Dative furculae furculīs
Accusative furculam furculās
Ablative furculā furculīs
Vocative furcula furculae

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’s 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
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