WISHING BONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wishing bone mean? 

• WISHING BONE (noun)
  The noun WISHING BONE has 1 sense:

1. the furcula of a domestic fowl

  Familiarity information: WISHING BONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WISHING BONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The furcula of a domestic fowl

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

wishbone; wishing bone

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)