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单词 furcate
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furcate

[ adjective fur-keyt, -kit; verb fur-keyt ]
/ adjective ˈfɜr keɪt, -kɪt; verb ˈfɜr keɪt /
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adjective

forked; branching.

verb (used without object), fur·cat·ed, fur·cat·ing.

to form a fork; branch.

Origin of furcate

First recorded in 1810–20, furcate is from the Medieval Latin word furcātus cloven. See fork, -ate1

OTHER WORDS FROM furcate

fur·ca·tion [fer-key-shuhn], /fərˈkeɪ ʃən/, nounmul·ti·fur·cate, adjectiveun·fur·cate, adjective

Words nearby furcate

furbish, Furbish lousewort, fur brigade, furca, furcal, furcate, furcation, furcula, furculum, fur farm, furfur
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Example sentences from the Web for furcate

  • The capillitium is very even the taeniae closely wound, the elater-ends often furcate.

    The North American Slime-Moulds|Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride
  • Furcate: forked; divided nto two approximately equal divisions.

    Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology|John. B. Smith
  • In many species, notably in the genus Thomisus, a furcate mark seems to shadow the forked aorta.

    Colouration in Animals and Plants|Alfred Tylor
  • By-spines very numerous, half as long as the radius, furcate, with divergent fork-branches.

    Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia)|Ernst Haeckel

British Dictionary definitions for furcate

furcate

verb (ˈfɜːkeɪt)

to divide into two parts; fork

adjective (ˈfɜːkeɪt, -kɪt) furcated

forked; dividedfurcate branches

Derived forms of furcate

furcation, noun

Word Origin for furcate

C19: from Late Latin furcātus forked, from Latin furca a fork
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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