Resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches. Synonyms:biramous, branched, forficate, fork-like, forked, pronged, prongy."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"
... when this point of division is opposite the usual vertebra,—viz., the fourth lumbar,—still the common iliac vessels may be short or long, according to the place where they divide into external and internal iliac branches. The aorta may bifurcate almost as high up as where the pillars of the diaphragm overarch it, or as low down as the fifth lumbar vertebra. The occasional existence of a sixth lumbar vertebra also causes a variety in the length, not only of the aorta, but of the two common ... — Surgical Anatomy • Joseph Maclise
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