Forficate

a.

1.

(Zool.) Deeply forked, as the tail of certain birds.

Adj.

1.

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" Synonyms: bifurcate, biramous, branched, forked, prongy, pronged

bifurcate, biramous, branched, divided, forked, pronged, prongy