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forficate

for·fi·cate

uncommon

adjective

1.

resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches

  • “the biramous appendages of an arthropod”
  • “long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects”
  • “a forked river”
  • “a forked tail”
  • “forked lightning”
  • “horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots”
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Origin

From Latin forfex, forficis (“shears”).

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