biloculineadj.
/bʌɪˈlɒkjʊlʌɪn/ Zoology.
Having two chambers or compartments; characteristic of the foraminiferous genus Biloculina.
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biloculine1898
1898 A. Sedgwick Student's Text-bk. Zool. I. 9 In the genus Biloculina (Miliolidæ), while the mode of growth of the megalospheric form is..on the biloculine plan from the first, that of the microspheric form is at first on the quinqueloculine plan, and it is not until many chambers have been formed that the biloculine plan, characteristic of the genus, is assumed.
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