Definition of forficate Forficate
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What does forficate mean?
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| 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, pronged, prongy | ||
| divided distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- forficate (a.)
Deeply forked, as the tail of certain birds.
