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forficate (encz) | forficate, adj: |
Forficate (gcide) | Forficate \For"fi*cate\, a. [L. forfex, forficis, shears.]
(Zool.)
Deeply forked, as the tail of certain birds.
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forficate (wn) | forficate
adj 1: 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] |
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forficate (encz) | forficate, adj: |
forficate (wn) | forficate
adj 1: 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] |
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