biramous
adjective
consisting of or divided into two branches.
biramose
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a variation of
biramous.
Example Sentences
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The five new pairs of feet are biramose, the inner branch short and simple, the outer one longer, annulated at the end, furnished with long setae, and kept, as in Mysis, in constant whirling motion.
From Facts and Arguments for Darwin by Fritz Muller
Then feet appear upon four segments of the middle-body, and these are biramose on the three anterior segments, and simple, the inner branch being deficient, on the fourth segment.
From Facts and Arguments for Darwin by Fritz Muller
The biramose maxillipedes appear to assist but slightly in locomotion.
From Facts and Arguments for Darwin by Fritz Muller
The maxillipedes, of which the third pair is often still wanting, are not yet brought into the service of the mouth, but appear in the form of biramose natatory feet.
From Facts and Arguments for Darwin by Fritz Muller
