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Meaning of forkhead | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A sequence of amino acids that forms a motif, in FOX proteins, that binds to DNA.
  2. The forked end of a rod in a knuckle joint or similar.
  3. An arrow with a barbed tip.
    obsolete
  4. Euphemistic form of fuckhead.
    euphemistic, form-of

Examples

“With that at him a quiv'ring dart he threw, / With so fell force, and villeinous despite, / That through his haberjeon the forkehead flew, / And through the linked mayles empierced quite […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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