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furcate

adj
/ˈfɜː.keɪt/UK/ˈfɝ.keɪt/US

Etymology

From Medieval Latin furcātus (“forked, branched”), from Latin furca (“fork”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Compare French fourchu. The verb was formed by metanalysis or as if from Latin furcō (“to fork”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

  1. derived from furca
  2. borrowed from furcātus

Definitions

  1. Forked, branched

    Forked, branched; divided at one end into parts.

  2. To fork or branch out.

    • These ridges are prominent, about the thickness of a coarse thread, very numerous, irregular, and run into one another, but towards the bottom, always furcate or divide.
    • In Dyticus it even furcates, and with both prongs of the fork it encloses the intestine, and lower down the nervous cord

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA