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bifid
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective bifid has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
bifid, a. [L. bifidus; bis twice + root of findere to cleave or split: cf. F. bifide.].
Cleft to the middle or slightly beyond the middle; opening with a cleft; divided by a linear sinus, with straight margins. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
bifid, adj. divided by a deep cleft into two parts.
Etymology
L bifidus (as BI-, fidus f. stem of findere cleave)
ROGET THESAURUS
bifid
bisection
N bisection, bipartition, dichotomy, subdichotomy, halving, dimidiation, bifurcation, forking, branching, ramification, divarication, fork, prong, fold, half, moiety, bisected, cloven, cleft, bipartite, biconjugate, bicuspid, bifid, bifurcous, bifurcate, bifurcated, distichous, dichotomous, furcular, semi-, demi-, hemi.
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