"trifurcate" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Latin trifurcus, from tri- (“three”) + furca (“fork”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|trifurcus}} Latin trifurcus, {{lena}}, {{m|la|tri-|t=three}} tri- (“three”), {{m|la|furca|t=fork}} furca (“fork”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} trifurcate (not comparable)
  1. Forked, with three tines or points. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-trifurcate-en-adj-9LfSaqj7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 78 22

Verb

Forms: trifurcates [present, singular, third-person], trifurcating [participle, present], trifurcated [participle, past], trifurcated [past]
Etymology: From Latin trifurcus, from tri- (“three”) + furca (“fork”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|trifurcus}} Latin trifurcus, {{lena}}, {{m|la|tri-|t=three}} tri- (“three”), {{m|la|furca|t=fork}} furca (“fork”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} trifurcate (third-person singular simple present trifurcates, present participle trifurcating, simple past and past participle trifurcated)
  1. To divide or fork into three channels or branches. Related terms: bifurcate, trifurcation, quadfurcated
    Sense id: en-trifurcate-en-verb-1CBMBgVd

Inflected forms

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