| Forficate | a. [ L. forfex, forficis, shears. ] (Zool.) Deeply forked, as the tail of certain birds. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| bifurcate | (adj) resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches, Syn. biramous, prongy, forficate, fork-like, pronged, branched, forked, Example: 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 |
| scherenartig | forficate [Add to Longdo] |