furcate
Divide into branches
Furcate means to fork or divide into branches.
The term appears mainly in scientific contexts describing structures that split: The nerve furcates near the elbow.
As an adjective, furcate describes something already forked: furcate antennae.
The word is technical and rare outside biology and anatomy.
Forked poultry bone
- tuning forkVibrating standard for pitch
- slingshotForked projectile launcher
- antlersBranching cervid headgear
- divining rodForked branch for finding water
dowsing rod · catapult · crotch · Y-junction · forked tongue · lightning bolt · river delta
Separation into parts
partition · bisect · halve · dichotomy · binary · bipartite · twofold · dual
To branch or subdivide
- divergeSeparate into directions
- divaricateTo branch off widely
- arborescentResembling a tree
- dendriticBranching like a tree
treelike · dichotomous · tributary · distributary · dendrite · axon · bronchi · capillary
Leg-joining body region
- groinHip-thigh junction
- armpitHollow under shoulder
- bronchial treeBranching lung passages
wishbone
Forked poultry bone
- tuning forkVibrating standard for pitch
- slingshotForked projectile launcher
- antlersBranching cervid headgear
divining rod · dowsing rod · catapult · crotch · Y-junction · forked tongue · lightning bolt · river delta
split
Separation into parts
fork · partition · bisect · halve · dichotomy · binary · bipartite · twofold · dual · schism
ramify
To branch or subdivide
- divergeSeparate into directions
- divaricateTo branch off widely
- arborescentResembling a tree
dendritic · treelike · dichotomous · tributary · distributary · dendrite · axon · bronchi · capillary · vascular
crotch
Leg-joining body region
- groinHip-thigh junction
- armpitHollow under shoulder
- bronchial treeBranching lung passages
bifurcate, bifurcation, bifurcated, bifurcating, bifurcates, trifurcated, furcated, trifurcates