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forficate

[fawr-fi-kit, -keyt]

adjective

deeply forked, as the tail of a bird.

Origin:
1810–20; < Latin forfic- (stem of forfex) pair of shears (compare forceps) + -ate¹

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forficate (ˈfɔːfɪkɪt, -ˌkeɪt)

—*adj*
	(esp of the tails of certain birds) deeply forked

[C19: from Latin forfex scissors]

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