Forficate \For"fi*cate\, a. [L. forfex, forficis, shears.]
(Zool.)
Deeply forked, as the tail of certain birds.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
forficate
adj : 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" [syn: bifurcate, biramous, branched, forked,
pronged, prongy]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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