Definitions for furcate

furcate fur·cate

Spelling: [adjective fur-keyt, -kit; verb fur-keyt]
IPA: /adjective ˈfɜr keɪt, -kɪt; verb ˈfɜr keɪt/

Furcate is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 220 anagrams from letters in furcate (acefrtu).

Definitions for furcate

adjective

  1. forked; branching.

verb (used without object)

  1. to form a fork; branch.

Origin of furcate

First recorded in 1810-20, furcate is from the Medieval Latin word furcātus cloven. See fork, -ate1

Examples for furcate

By-spines very numerous, half as long as the radius, furcate, with divergent fork-branches.

The capillitium is very even the taeniae closely wound, the elater-ends often furcate.

furcate: forked; divided nto two approximately equal divisions.

In many species, notably in the genus Thomisus, a furcate mark seems to shadow the forked aorta.

Word Value for furcate
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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