furcularadj.
/ˈfəːkjʊlə/ Of or pertaining to the furcula; in early use, to the collarbone.
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furcular?1541
supraclavicular1823
clavicular1824
interclavicular1828
infraclavicular1843
postclavicular1870
the world > animals > birds > bones > [adjective] > of furcula
furcular1856–8
?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens ii. sig. Fiv v Howe many bones are in ye sholdre? Answere. Two. The bone sholdre blade, and the bone furculare.
1856–8 W. Clark tr. J. van der Hoeven Handbk. Zool. II. 609 Two clavicles, a coracoid and a furcular.
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adj.?1541