a. Also 8 biffid. [ad. L. bifidus, f. bi- two + fid-, stem of findĕre to cleave, split.] Divided into two parts by a deep cleft or notch. Bifidly adv., in a bifid manner.
1661. Lovell, Hist. Anim. & Min., Introd. Amongst serpents … the tongue is … bifid in the end.
1766. Phil. Trans., LVI. 213. A large land tortoise … in which was found a biffid wind-pipe.
1834. Mrs. Somerville, Connex. Phys. Sc. (1849), 404. The bifid tail of the comet.
1849. Proc. Berw. Nat. Club, II. 371. Bifidly divided at the apex.
