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multifid | multifidly |

As an adjective multifid

is cleft into many parts or lobes.

As an adverb multifidly is

in a multifid manner.

multifid

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Cleft into many parts or lobes.
  • *Pseudodoxia Epidemica , by Sir Thomas Browne, 1646:
  • For animals multifidous, or such as are digitated or have several divisions in their feet;
  • *A Student's Text-book of Zoology , by Adam Sedgwick, et al., 1898:
  • Helicidae: Land-snails...genital organs generally with a dart and multifid vesicles.
  • * :
  • The style is usually 2-lobed or bifid ... or rarely multifid.

    Derived terms

    * multifidus muscle

    multifidly

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • In a multifid manner.