pronged > define

adjective

• Having prongs or tines; usually used in combination.
  • usage: "a three-tined fork"
  • synonyms: tined
• Resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches.
  • usage: "the biramous appendages of an arthropod"; "long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects"; "a forked river"; "a forked tail"; "forked lightning"; "horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots"
  • synonyms: bifurcate, biramous, branched, forked, fork-like, forficate, prongy