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furcation|fɜːˈkeɪʃən|
[f. L. furca fork; see -ation.]
A forking or branching; hence, a fork-like division or branch.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. ix. 124 When they [deer] grow old, they..first doe lose their..brow Antlers or, lowest furcations next the head. 1846Dana Zooph. (1848) 71 There are two modes of branching:—1. By a simple furcation of the extremity of a branch. 1862― Man. Geol. 36 Another furcation of it passes by Eastern Borneo. 1874Cooke Fungi 52 The furcations being made in such a manner that the ends of the branch at last so stand together that their surface forms a ball. |