For·fi·cate a. Zool. Deeply forked, as the tail of certain birds.
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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" [syn: bifurcate, biramous, branched, forked,
pronged, prongy]