'Forficate' definitions:

Definition of 'forficate'

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adjective
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" [syn: bifurcate, biramous, branched, forked, fork-like, forficate, pronged, prongy]

Definition of 'Forficate'

From: GCIDE
  • Forficate \For"fi*cate\, a. [L. forfex, forficis, shears.] (Zool.) Deeply forked, as the tail of certain birds. [1913 Webster]