bifid

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The 2-year-old had surgery for the condition, called preaxial polydactyly or bifid thumb, at Shriners Children’s Chicago hospital this year.

From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2023

The pads on the 3rd and 4th fingers become enlarged at the same time as the bifid claws develop.

From Scientific American • Jan. 13, 2014

Figure 7.25 Cervical Vertebrae A typical cervical vertebra has a small body, a bifid spinous process, transverse processes that have a transverse foramen and are curved for spinal nerve passage.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The summit is pointed, bifid, and hardly large enough for more than two persons.

From Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland by Hart, H. C.

Upper calyx-lip bifid; lower twice as long; entire.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth