quadrifurcate
Pronunciation
  • (RP) enPR kwŏd'rĭfûrʹkāt; IPA: /ˌkwɒdɹɪˈfɜːkeɪt/, /ˌkwɒdɹɪˈfɜːkət/
Adjective

quadrifurcate (not comparable)

  1. branching fourfold; having four branches.
Synonyms Pronunciation
  • (RP) enPR: kwŏd'rĭfûrʹkāt, IPA: /ˌkwɒdɹɪˈfɜːkeɪt/
Verb

quadrifurcate (quadrifurcates, present participle quadrifurcating; past and past participle quadrifurcated)

  1. furcate (fork or divide) into four branch or channel.
    • 1886, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, page 484 ↗
      Once within the limits of the post-trochlear space, the tendon of this muscle behaves in a manner common to most birds — that is, it quadrifurcates, and each branch takes a course close up to the joints on their plantar aspects, […]



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