Biramous

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  biramous
       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" [syn: {bifurcate}, {branched}, {forked}, {forficate},
              {pronged}, {prongy}]