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Meaning of forked

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  forked
      adj 1: 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" [syn: {bifurcate}, {biramous}, {branched},
             {forked}, {fork-like}, {forficate}, {pronged}, {prongy}]
      2: having two meanings with intent to deceive; "a sly double
         meaning"; "spoke with forked tongue" [syn: {double},
         {forked}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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