WISHING BONE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The furcula of a domestic fowl

Synonyms:

wishbone; wishing bone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("wishing bone" is a kind of...):

furcula (a forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles of most birds)

Holonyms ("wishing bone" is a part of...):

bird; fowl (the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food)

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