biramous
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of biramous
Example Sentences
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Illustration A shows the biramous, or two-branched leg of a crayfish.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
This form is retained, with little alteration in some adult Copepoda, where the biramous “palp” still aids in locomotion.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
The limb-buds early become bilobed and grow out into typical biramous appendages which gradually assume the characters found in the adult.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
It is likely that the trunk-limbs were also biramous, with additional endites and exites.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
It is highly probable, however, that the biramous limb is a simplification of a more complex primitive type, to which the Phyllopod limb is a more or less close approximation.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
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