"furcula" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: furculae [plural], furculæ [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin furcula. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|furcula}} Latin furcula Head templates: {{en-noun|furculae|furculæ}} furcula (plural furculae or furculæ)
  1. (anatomy) A forked process or structure, generally two-pronged. Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-furcula-en-noun-UIzRZlnQ Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. (ornithology) The forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles in birds, the wishbone or merrythought. Categories (topical): Ornithology Translations (forked bone in birds — see also wishbone): (鳥的)鎖骨 (Chinese Mandarin), (鸟的)锁骨 (niǎo de suǒgǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), hankaluu (Finnish), lunette [feminine] (French), fúrcula [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-furcula-en-noun-pbq3dEC- Topics: biology, natural-sciences, ornithology Disambiguation of 'forked bone in birds — see also wishbone': 26 43 31
  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. Categories (topical): Entomology
    Sense id: en-furcula-en-noun-2P9O4fry Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 29 45 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 17 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 18 17 40 20 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 18 38 22 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 26 19 55 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 26 20 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 26 20 54 Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences

Noun [Latin]

Etymology: furca + -ula. Etymology templates: {{af|la|furca|-ulus|alt2=-ula}} furca + -ula Head templates: {{la-noun|furcula<1>}} furcula f (genitive furculae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|furcula<1>}} Forms: furculae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], furcula [nominative, singular], furculae [nominative, plural], furculae [genitive, singular], furculārum [genitive, plural], furculae [dative, singular], furculīs [dative, plural], furculam [accusative, singular], furculās [accusative, plural], furculā [ablative, singular], furculīs [ablative, plural], furcula [singular, vocative], furculae [plural, vocative]
  1. small two-pronged fork Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-furcula-la-noun-7AEFKZnD Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Latin terms suffixed with -ulus Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 49 51 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -ulus: 73 27
  2. (in the plural) a narrow pass, defile Tags: declension-1, feminine, in-plural
    Sense id: en-furcula-la-noun-gZC-BQsa Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 49 51

Inflected forms

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      "form": "furcula",
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      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "furculae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "furcula<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "furcula f (genitive furculae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "furcula<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "small two-pronged fork"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ],
        [
          "fork",
          "fork"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a narrow pass, defile"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "narrow",
          "narrow"
        ],
        [
          "pass",
          "pass"
        ],
        [
          "defile",
          "defile"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) a narrow pass, defile"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine",
        "in-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "furcula"
}

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