bifurcate

Adjective

• 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
    

Verb

• divide into two branches
  • The road bifurcated
    

• split or divide into two

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  biramous , branched , forked , fork-like , forficate , pronged , prongy