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quadrifid, a. (n.)|ˈkwɒdrɪfɪd| Also 7 quadrifide. [ad. L. quadrifid-us, f. quadri- + fid- root of findĕre to cleave. Cf. mod.F. quadrifide.] Cleft into four divisions or lobes.
1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 109 Claws like a Cow; but quadrifide. 1766Pennant Zool. (1769) III. 320 The tail is naturally bifid, but in many is trifid, and in some even quadrifid. 1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 52 Distinguished by..the quadrifid calyx. 1875Darwin Insectiv. Pl. xiv. 326 The quadrifid processes on the outer parts of the lobes. b. absol. as n. A quadrifid process.
1875Darwin Insectiv. Pl. xiv. 326 On the broad outer surfaces of the lobes where the quadrifids are situated. |