a. Also 6 furculare. [ad. OF. furculaire, f. L. FURCULA; in later use f. FURCULA + -AR.] Of or pertaining to the furcula; in early use, to the collar-bone.
1541. R. Copland, Guydon’s Quest. Chirurg., F 4 b. Demaunde. Howe many bones are in ye sholdre? Answere. Two, the bone sholdre blade and the bone furculare.
1856–8. W. Clark, Van der Hoeven’s Zool., II. 609. Monotremata. Cloaca, receiving the outlets of the rectum and the urethro-genital canal. Two clavicles, a coracoïd and a furcular. External ears none. Teeth corneous or none. Hind feet in males furnished with a perforate spur.
