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Meaning of BIRAMOUS

Pronunciation:  bI'reymus

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches; "the biramous appendages of an arthropod"; "long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects"; "a forked river"; "a forked tail"; "forked lightning"; "horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots"
 
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 Synonyms: bifurcate, branched, divided, forficate, forked, pronged, prongy
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Bi*ra"mous\, a. [Pref. bi- + ramous.] (Biol.)
Having, or consisting of, two branches.
 

 

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