| 释义 |
biramous /bʌɪˈreɪməs /adjective Zoology(Especially of crustacean limbs and antennae) dividing to form two branches.An answer lies, he says, in the origin and modification of the ancestral biramous limb....- The appendages are primitively branched, and although this condition is modified in many species, adults always have at least some biramous appendages.
- The anteriormost five abdominal appendages are, almost without exception, biramous.
Origin Late 19th century: from bi- 'two' + ramus + -ous. |