A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

dicran-, dicrano-: in Gk. comp. forked; cf. fork (Latin furca,-ae (s.f.I));

(moss) [Leucobryaceae] peristomii dentes integri v. dicrani (Mitt.), the teeth of the peristome entire or two-headed [i.e. divided into two, i.e. forked].

NOTE: kranos,-eos (s.n.III), a helmet, the diminutive, kranion (s.n.II) is the skull, the upper part of the head; see cranium,-ii (s.n.II). dikranos,-on is a Gk. adj. meaning ‘two-headed’ (Liddell & Scott), and as a neuter noun = a pitchfork;

(moss) Dicranodontium, from the Greek noun δικρανον (dikranon), a pitchfork, in Latin the furca, a two-pronged fork; and the Greek noun ὀδούς (odoús) ὀδόντος (odontos), tooth, and the Greek diminutive suffix -ῐον (ion), in reference to the forked teeth of the peristome.

(moss) Dicranum, from the Greek noun δικρανον (dikranon), a pitchfork, in Latin the furca, a two-pronged fork; Carl Mueller, who recognized that the teeth of the peristome are two-pronged (bifurcus), suggested the Greek dikranon meant the Latin fuscina, which is, however, a three-pronged lance or trident. Name for the resemblance of the forked peristome teeth to a two-pronged pitchfork, because they are divided in the upper half of the segment into generally two divisions.

Dicranurus (Greek, 'dikranon', a pitchfork, and 'oura', tail) is a genus of fossil trilobites.

[fossil] Dicranurus, a genus of fossil trilobites, characterized by the pair of large, curled, horn-like spines that emerge from behind the glabellum. The genus name refers to these distinctive horns [> Gk. dicranon, a pitchfork, a two-pronged fork and Gk. our-, ouro-, from Gk. oura (s.f.I): the tail, the hinder or after part(s) of anything.