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Forficate

Forficate Meaning & Definition
Forficate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of 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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Forficate: bifurcate | biramous | branched | divided | forked | pronged | prongy

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Forficate In Webster's Dictionary

\For"fi*cate\, a. [L. forfex, forficis, shears.] (Zo["o]l.) Deeply forked, as the tail of certain birds.

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