forficate

for·fi·cate

F0260500 (fôr′fĭ-kĭt, -kāt′)adj. Deeply forked or notched, as the tails of certain birds.

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[Latin forfex, forfic-, scissors + -ate.]

forficate

(ˈfɔːfɪkɪt; -ˌkeɪt) adj (Zoology) (esp of the tails of certain birds) deeply forked[C19: from Latin forfex scissors]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.forficate - 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"bifurcate, biramous, branched, forked, fork-like, prongy, prongeddivided - separated into parts or pieces; "opinions are divided"