What is "forficate"

Forficate \For"fi*cate\, a. [L. forfex, forficis, shears.] (Zo["o]l.) Deeply forked, as the tail of certain birds.

a. (context zoology English) Deeply forked, like the tails of certain birds.

adj. resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches; "the biramous appendages of an arthropod"; "long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects"; "a forked river"; "a forked tail"; "forked lightning"; "horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots" [syn: bifurcate, biramous, branched, forked, pronged, prongy]