Origin: Latin suffix -ate
Bifurcate has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:
split or divide into two
To divide or fork into two channels or branches.
resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches
"the biramous appendages of an arthropod"
"long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects"
"a forked river"
"a forked tail"
"forked lightning"
"horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots"
Divided or forked into two; bifurcated.