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▪ I. furcate, a.|ˈfɜːkeɪt, -ət|
[ad. med.L. furcātus (of a hoof) cloven, f. L. furca fork.]
Formed like a fork; forked or branched.
1819G. Samouelle Entomol. Compend. 248 Converted into a furcate tail. 1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. (1828) III. xxix. 149 The furcate horn of the caterpillar of Parnassius Apollo. 1841–71T. R. Jones Anim. Kingd. (ed. 4) 729 The insect, being seized by its furcate extremity, is..brought between the jaws of its destroyer. 1870Bentley Bot. 148 A variety of venation may be therefore called Furcate or forked.
Hence ˈfurcately adv. Also furˈcato-, used as combining form = forkedly-.
1846Dana Zooph. (1848) 163 Segregato-gemmate, furcately ramose. Ibid. 511 Glomerate or furcato-ramose. Ibid. 669 Furcato-dichotomous, two feet high, axils arcuate.
▪ II. furcate, v.|ˈfɜːkeɪt|
[f. ppl. stem of assumed L. *furcāre, f. furca fork n.]
intr. To form a fork; to divide into branches.
1846Dana Zooph. (1848) 79 These lines frequently furcate or give out lateral branches. Ibid. 198 Stems straight, furcating. 1852― Crust. i. 142 Another small fissure, which furcates a short distance above. |