Wishbone

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The forked bone anterior to the breastbone of most birds, formed by the fusion of the clavicles.
  • n. Football An offensive formation in which the halfbacks are positioned behind and to the left and right of the fullback.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A forked bone between the neck and breast of a bird consisting chiefly of the two clavicles fused at their median or lower end, regarded as a lucky charm in some countries.
  • n. A spar in two parts, between which a sail is hoisted, the wishbone extending its clew.
  • n. Any sailing vessel rigged with a wishbone.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The forked bone in front of the breastbone in birds; -- called also merrythought, and wishing bone. See merrythought, and furculum.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The furcula, or merrythought of a fowl. Also wishing-bone.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the furcula of a domestic fowl
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    furcula   
    Variant
    merrythought    wishing bone    furculum   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    furcula    furculum    merrythought    wishing bone   
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