multifid en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multi- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *bʰinédti Proto-Italic *findō Latin findō Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Archaic Latin -os Latin -us Latin -fidus Latin multifidusbor. English multifid From Latin multifidus, from multi- (“many”) + -fidus, from findere (“to split”). Equivalent of multi- + -fid. Doublet of multifidus and multifidous.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Cleft into many parts or lobes.
Helicidae: Land-snails...genital organs generally with a dart and multifid vesicles.
1898, Adam Sedgwick et al., A Student's Text-book of Zoology:
Coordinates
quadrifid · quinquefid · sexifid · bifid · octofid · trifid · centifidous · duodecimfid · sexfid · decemfid · novemfid
Deriveds
multifidly · multifidus muscle
Translations (3)
la multifidus (Translations) · la centifidus (Translations) · ro multifid (Translations)