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Definition of Forficate
1. Adjective. Resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches. "Horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots"
Similar to: Divided
Derivative terms: Prong
Definition of Forficate
1. a. Deeply forked, as the tail of certain birds.
Definition of Forficate
1. Adjective. (zoology) Deeply forked, like the tails of certain birds. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Forficate
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Forficate
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Forficate
Literary usage of Forficate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Key to North American Birds: Containing a Concise Account of Every Species by Elliott Coues (1872)
"Adults with the tail much longer than the body, deeply forficate, ... Adults with
the tail not forficate, shorter than the lengthened wings, ..."
2. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"forficate. Deeply forked; scissors-like. Frontal bone. Anterior bone of top of
head, usually paired. Fulcra. Rudimentary spine-like projections extending on ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"A swallow's tail; hence, a long and deeply forked or forficate tail, like that
of the barn-swallow. — 2. A swallow-tailed animal, (a) Any swallow- tailed ..."
4. A Manual of the Vertebrate Animals of the Northern United States: Including by David Starr Jordan (1904)
"Fontanelle. An unossified space on top of head covered with membrane. Foramen.
A hole or opening. Forehead. Frontal curve of head. forficate. ..."
5. An Introduction to Entomology: Or Elements of the Natural History of Insects by William Kirby, William Spence (1823)
"The mandibles are forficate, and do not jut out like theirs into a prominent
angle; they are of the colour of pitch with a red tinge, and terminate in two ..."
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