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...
- (unbranched) antenna-like structures, followed by one or more pairs of biramous (having two major branches) leg-like structures, as seen in some modern...
- lacks clear segmentation (arthrodization). Along the body are pairs of biramous appendages, the counts of which differ between species (Isoxys curvirostratus...
- secondarily. The head bears two pairs of antennae, the first of which is often biramous (branching into two parts) and the second pair bear exopods (outer branches)...
- 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...
- detailed appendages were uncovered, that showed that N. compacta shares biramous legs of very comparable anatomy with trilobites. Some debate is still going...
- Generalized arthropod biramous limb. Trueman proposed that an endite and an exite fused to form a wing....
- Segments in the pygidium are similar to the thoracic segments (bearing biramous limbs) but are not articulated. Trilobites can be described based on the...