multifurcate

/mʌltiˈfɝkət/

Etymology

From multi- + furcate.

adj

  1. Multiply divided or forked.

verb

  1. To divide or fork into many channels or branches.“True medusa tentacles occur later in development through the distal and lateral expansion of eight tongue-like processes on the bell’s oral surface, which multifurcate into hundreds of small tentacles.”