forkhead

A sequence of amino acids that forms a motif, in FOX proteins, that binds to DNA.

The forked end of a rod in a knuckle joint or similar.

An arrow with a barbed tip.

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 […]