fourchette
/fɔːˈʃɛt/ · noun
Meaning
- A fork-shaped structure, specifically the fold of skin where the labia minora meet above the perineum (the frenulum labiorum pudendi).
- A fork-shaped instrument or device, specifically the forked structure between two fingers of a glove.
- An instrument used to raise and support the tongue during the cutting of the frenulum.
- The wishbone or furculum of birds
- The frog of the hoof of the horse and allied animals.
- The combination of the card immediately above and the one immediately below a given card.
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