forficate

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin forfex, forficis (“shears”).

Adjective[edit]

forficate (comparative more forficate, superlative most forficate)

(zoology, said mostly of tails of certain birds) Deeply forked

References[edit]

“forficate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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