Definition of Biramous. Meaning of Biramous. Synonyms of Biramous

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Definition of Biramous

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

Meaning of Biramous from wikipedia

- arthropods may be either biramous or uniramous. A uniramous limb comprises a single series of segments attached end-to-end. A biramous limb, however, branches...
- (armor plate) and bearing a pair of biramous limbs. However, whether the ancestral limb was uniramous or biramous is far from a settled debate. This Ur-arthropod...
- arthropods, such as insects, myriapods and chelicerates, by the possession of biramous (two-parted) limbs, and by their larval forms, such as the nauplius stage...
- rigid pleotelson. The first five abdominal segments each bear a pair of biramous (branching in two) pleopods (lamellar structures which serve the function...
- (unbranched) antenna-like structures, followed by one or more pairs of biramous (having two major branches) leg-like structures, as seen in some modern...
- also has four pairs of biramous (two branched) limbs. The trunk has 6 tergites (segments), each ****ociated with a pair of biramous limbs along with a terminal...
- (the inner, leg-like parts of the biramous limbs/appendages) have well defined segments/podomeres. The first four biramous limb pairs of Isoxys curvirostratus...
- the first 11 thoracic segments are ****ociated with pairs of biramous limbs. The biramous limbs have robust endopods (lower, leg-like branches), and flap-shaped...
- gonopods. At the end of the pleon is the tail fan, comprising a pair of biramous uropods and the telson, which bears the ****. Together, they are used for...
- Segments in the pygidium are similar to the thoracic segments (bearing biramous limbs) but are not articulated. Trilobites can be described based on the...