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multifid

multifid adjective: cleft into many parts or lobes.

Adjective

multifid (not comparable)

  1. 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

multifid meaning in Tamil

multifid in Tamil

பன்பிளவுகளுற்ற

Origin of multifid

From Latin multifidus, from multi- (“many”) + -fidus, from findere (“to split”). Equivalent of multi- + -fid. Doublet of multifidus and multifidous.

Words formed from multifid

Questions about multifid

What does multifid mean?
Multifid means cleft into many parts or lobes.
What is multifid in Tamil?
Multifid in Tamil is பன்பிளவுகளுற்ற. See Multifid meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is multifid?
Multifid is an adjective.

Words near multifid in the dictionary

  1. multifiber
  2. multifibered
  3. multifibre
  4. multifibred
  5. multifibrillar
  6. multifid
  7. multifidelity
  8. multifidi
  9. multifidly
  10. multifidoside
  11. multifidous

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