forficate

English

Etymology

From Latin forfex, forficis (“shears”).

Adjective

forficate (comparative more forficate, superlative most forficate)

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

References

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