Quadrifurcate

Pronunciation

• RP enPR: kwŏd'rÄ­fûrʹkāt; IPA: /ËŒkwÉ’dɹɪˈfɜːkeɪt/, /ËŒkwÉ’dɹɪˈfɜːkÉ™t/

First attested in 1849; formed as -("four") + furcate (adjective); compare the post-Classical Latin quadrifurcātus ("four-pronged").

Full definition of quadrifurcate

Adjective

1. branching fourfold; having four branches.

Synonyms

• (having four branches) quadrifurcated

Pronunciation

• RP enPR: kwŏd'rÄ­fûrʹkāt, IPA: /ËŒkwÉ’dɹɪˈfɜːkeɪt/

First attested in 1886; formed as - + furcate (verb).

Verb

1. furcate (fork or divide) into four branch or channel.
• 1886, Journal of Zoology , page 484Once 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, …