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Answer for the clue "Part of bird’s skeleton ", 8 letters:
wishbone

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Wishbone commonly refers to the furcula , a y-shaped bone in birds and some other animals. Wishbone may also refer to: Wishbone suspension , an automobile suspension design Wishbone (TV series) , a children's educational television show about a Jack Russell ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the furcula of a domestic fowl [syn: wishing bone ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A forked bone between the neck and breast of a bird consisting chiefly of the two clavicles fused at their median or lower end, regarded as a lucky charm in some countries. 2 (context nautical English) A spar in two parts, between which a sail is hoisted, ...

Usage examples of wishbone.

When they saw the kid in the banquet hall they veered to his table and congratulated him again, each giving him the wishbone pinky handclasp of their growing conspiracy.

A little flare of light within the Y-wing formation had to be one of the wishbones intercepting a turbolaser blast, with fatal results.

I wished on falling stars, on wishbones, I tossed pennies into any pool of water I could find.