Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Consisting of or having two branches, as the appendages of an arthropod.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Possessing or consisting of two branches; dividing into two branches, as the limbs of cirripeds.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Biol.) Having, or consisting of, two branches.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Branching in two, composed of two
branches .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches
Etymologies
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Examples
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Uropods are the last pair of abdominal appendages that are biramous and extend beyond the end of the abdomen.
Crustacea 2008
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Those are the modified endopodites of pleopods inner branches of biramous abdominal limbs that have evolved to perform the function of sperm transfer.
Is it a boy or a girl? AYDIN 2008
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Those are the modified endopodites of pleopods inner branches of biramous abdominal limbs that have evolved to perform the function of sperm transfer.
Archive 2008-02-01 AYDIN 2008
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They have two pairs of antennae and biramous feeding appendages.
Crustacea 2008
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The effect of the parasite in the male is that the abdomen is broader, the copulatory styles reduced, and biramous hairy appendages are developed similar to those of the female, but smaller.
Hormones and Heredity J. T. Cunningham 1897
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The abdomen of the female is very broad, and has four pairs of biramous appendages covered with hairs, the normal function of which is to carry the eggs.
Hormones and Heredity J. T. Cunningham 1897
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It has five pairs of biramous, setose and thoracopods (appendages).
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It has five pairs of biramous, setose and thoracopods (appendages).
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It has five pairs of biramous, setose and thoracopods (appendages).
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It has five pairs of biramous, setose and thoracopods (appendages).
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