Bifid

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: bi=fid

CIDE DICTIONARY

Bifid, a. [L. bifidus; bis twice + root of findere to cleave or split: cf. F. bifide.].

 Cleft to the middle or slightly beyond the middle; opening with a cleft; divided by a linear sinus, with straight margins.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Bifid, adj. divided by a deep cleft into two parts.

Etymology

L bifidus (as BI-, fidus f. stem of findere cleave)

ROGET THESAURUS

Bifid

bisection

N bisection, bipartition, dichotomy, subdichotomy, halving, dimidiation, bifurcation, forking, branching, ramification, divarication, fork, prong, fold, half, moiety, bisected, cloven, cleft, bipartite, biconjugate, bicuspid, bifid, bifurcous, bifurcate, bifurcated, distichous, dichotomous, furcular, semi-, demi-, hemi.