having prongs or tines; usually used in combination; a three-tined fork

[ Syn: tined ]

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 , prongy ]