FOURCHETTE
\fɔːt͡ʃˈɛt], \fɔːtʃˈɛt], \f_ɔː_tʃ_ˈɛ_t]\
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The wishbone or furculum of birds.
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The frog of the hoof of the horse and allied animals.
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An instrument used to raise and support the tongue during the cutting of the fraenum.
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The forked piece between two adjacent fingers, to which the front and back portions are sewed.
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The combination of the card immediately above and the one immediately below a given card.
By Oddity Software
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The wishbone or furculum of birds.
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The frog of the hoof of the horse and allied animals.
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An instrument used to raise and support the tongue during the cutting of the fraenum.
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The forked piece between two adjacent fingers, to which the front and back portions are sewed.
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The combination of the card immediately above and the one immediately below a given card.
By Noah Webster.
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Membranous fold; labia majora of virgins.
By William R. Warner
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In anat. (a) the thin posterior commissure by which the labia majora of the pudendum unite together; (b) the united clavicles or merry-thought of birds: in surg. an instrument used to raise and support the tongue during the operation of dividing the fraenum: in glovemaking, the piece between the two fingers to which the front and back portions are sewed.
By Daniel Lyons
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A surgical instrument used for raising and supporting the tongue, during the operation of dividing the fraenum. Fourchette, in anatomy, is, 1. The posterior commissure of the labia majora, called also, Fraenum, Fraenulum pudendi, Furcula Lubiorum; 2. The cartilago ensiformis: so called from its being sometimes cleft like a fork. Also, the semilunar notch at the superior or clavicular extremity of the sternum.
By Robley Dunglison
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