Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Deeply forked or notched, as the tails of certain birds.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Deeply forked; very furcate or much furcated: said of the tail of a bird, for instance, when the depth of the fork equals or exceeds the length of the shortest feather.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Zoöl.) Deeply forked, as the tail of certain birds.

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  • adjective zoology Deeply forked, like the tails of certain birds.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin forfex, forfic-, scissors + –ate.]

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Latin forfex, forficis, shears.

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