forficate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches
    bifurcate; pronged; prongy; biramous; branched; fork-like; forked.
    • 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

WordNet

For"fi*cate adjective
Etymology
L. forfex, forficis, shears.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) Deeply forked, as the tail of certain birds.

Webster 1913