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WISHBONE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wishbone mean?
• WISHBONE (noun)
The noun WISHBONE has 1 sense:
1. the furcula of a domestic fowl
Familiarity information: WISHBONE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The furcula of a domestic fowl
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
wishbone; wishing bone
Hypernyms ("wishbone" is a kind of...):
furcula (a forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles of most birds)
Holonyms ("wishbone" is a part of...):
bird; fowl (the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food)
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