| Pronunciation: | | 'bIfu`keyt
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| Matching Terms: | | bifurcated, bifurcation
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- [adj] 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"
- [v] divide into two branches; "The road bifurcated"
- [v] split or divide into two
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| | Synonyms: | | biramous, branched, divided, forficate, forked, pronged, prongy |
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| | See Also: | | branch, diverge, fork, furcate, ramify, separate |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Bi*fur"cate\, Bifurcated \Bi*fur"ca*ted\, a. [Pref.
bi- + furcate.]
Two-pronged; forked.
\Bi*fur"cate\, v. i.
To divide into two branches.
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