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Trifurcate

adj, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Forked, with three tines or points. not-comparable
Verb
  1. 1
    To divide or fork into three channels or branches.

    "2. Branches of the insular part; the MCA may usually bifurcate (78%), trifurcate (Russo, 2011) or quadfurcate (10%) here."

  2. 2
    divide into three wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin trifurcus, from tri- (“three”) + furca (“fork”).

Etymology 2

From Latin trifurcus, from tri- (“three”) + furca (“fork”).

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