Biramous

Definition: Biramous

Biramous

Adjective

1. 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".

Specialty Definition: Biramous

Biramous is a term used for branched arthropod appendages. These are most commonly branched into a gill and leg with a common root at a body segment. Each leg/gill structure will be paired with a second biramous structure on the other side of the body. Biramous appendages are best known from trilobites where all the legs -- both on the head and the thorax -- are parts of biramous structures with a gill branching off above the leg. The converse of biramous is uniramous or -- very rarely -- monoramous. Uniramous structures are unbranched. Uniramous structures are also found in arthropods. Examples of uniramous structures are trilobite antennae and the legs of chelicerates.

Rhyming with "Biramous"

Words rhyming with "biramous" (pronounced 'Bi*ra"mous'): Abnormous, Achymous, Angiomonospermous, Angiospermous, Antistrumous, Aspermous, Athermous, Brumous, Campylospermous, Chromous, Chymous, Coelospermous, Diathermous, Disspermous, Edriophthalmous, Enneaspermous, Enormous, Epiphylospermous, Famous, grumous, Gummous, Heptaspermous, Heterochromous, Heteropelmous, Homochromous, Limous, Nomopelmous, Octospermous, Oligospermous, Orthospermous, Pentaspermous, Poikilothermous, Polychromous, Polyspermous, Ramous, Sarcasmous, Schizopelmous, Simous, Squaimous, Strumous, Synpelmous, Tetraspermous, Trachyspermous, Trispermous, Uniramous, Xanthospermous. (additional references)

Anagrams: Biramous

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-i-m-o-r-s-u"
	-1 letter: bariums.
	-2 letters: airbus, amours, barium, iambus, isobar, mbiras, miaous, ramous, rimous, rumbas, sambur, souari, umbras, urbias.
	-3 letters: abris, ambos, amirs, amour, arums, auris, barms, bimas, boars, boras, brims, brios, buras, bursa, iambs, mairs, mbira, miaou, moira, moras, muras, obias, ramus, roams, rumba, sabir, sambo, simar, umbos, umbra, urbia.
	-4 letters: abos, abri, aims, airs, ambo.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-i-m-o-r-s-u"
	+2 letters: seaborgium.
	+3 letters: fibromatous, procambiums, seaborgiums, tambourines.
	+4 letters: adumbrations, ambidextrous, ambulatories, bromouracils, masturbation, nimbostratus, obscurantism, rambouillets, rambunctious, submicrogram, subnormality.
	+5 letters: bildungsroman, masturbations, neurofibromas, obscurantisms, overambitious.
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