multifurcate
verbUS /mʌltiˈfɝkeɪt/ · UK /mʌltiˈfɜːkeɪt/
Etymology From multi- + furcate.
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.2015 August 5, “Structural and Developmental Disparity in the Tentacles of the Moon Jellyfish Aurelia sp . 1”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI: