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biform, a.|ˈbaɪfɔːm| [ad. L. biformis, f. bi- two + forma shape, form.] Having, or partaking of, two distinct forms.
1816R. Jameson Char. Min. (1817) 202 A crystal is said to be bi-form, when it contains a combination of two remarkable forms. 1825–36Montagu tr. Bacon's Sap. Vet. (1860) 209 Of a biform figure, human above, half brute below. 1864Swinburne Atalanta 1253 The biform bull. |