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Bifurcation

A forking, or division into two branches.

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Branch 76% connected

A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.

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Branching 76% connected

of Branch

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Fork 76% connected

An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curve…

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Forking 76% connected

of Fork

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Furcation 76% connected

A branching like a. fork.

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Leg 76% connected

A limb or member of an animal used for supporting the body, and in running, climbing, and swimming; esp., that part of the limb between the knee and…

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Ramification 76% connected

The process of branching, or the development of branches or offshoots from a stem; also, the mode of their arrangement.

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Bifurcate 74% connected

Alt. of Bifurcated

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Bifurcate 74% connected

Alt. of Bifurcated

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