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Definition of: fulcrum
(f
l′krəm) noun plural ·crums or ·cra (-krə)
1. The support on or against which a lever rests.
2. Any prop or support.
3. Zool. In many ganoid fishes one of the rows of spinelike scales arranged along the forward edge of the median and paired fins: usually in the plural. [<L, bed post <fulcire prop up]
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