multifurcate

English

Etymology

From multi- +‎ furcate.

Pronunciation

• (adjective):
  • (US) IPA^(key): /mʌltiˈfɝkət/
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /mʌltiˈfɜːkət/
• (verb):
  • (US) IPA^(key): /mʌltiˈfɝkeɪt/
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /mʌltiˈfɜːkeɪt/

Adjective

multifurcate (not comparable)

1. Multiply divided or forked.

Verb

multifurcate (third-person singular simple present multifurcates, present participle multifurcating, simple past and past participle multifurcated)

1. To divide or fork into many channels or branches.
   • 2015 August 5, “Structural and Developmental Disparity in the Tentacles of the Moon Jellyfish Aurelia sp . 1”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:

     True medusa tentacles occur later in development through the distal and lateral expansion of eight tongue-like processes on the bell’s oral surface, which multifurcate into hundreds of small tentacles.