definition of
forficate

[1] #1 forficate s. [bifurcate, biramous, branched, forked, fork-like, pronged, prongy] 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 dev. wn