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a. [ Pref. bi- + palmate. ] (Bot.) Palmately branched, with the branches again palmated. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + parietal. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the diameter of the cranium, from one parietal fossa to the other. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. bis twice + parere to bring forth. ] Bringing forth two at a birth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. bipartible. See Bipartite. ] Capable of being divided into two parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. bis twice + partiens, p. pr. of partire to divide. ] Dividing into two parts. -- n. A number that divides another into two equal parts without a remainder. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Divisible into two parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. bipartitus, p. p. of bipartire; bis twice + partire. See Partite. ] 1. Being in two parts; having two correspondent parts, as a legal contract or writing, one for each party; shared by two; as, a bipartite treaty. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Divided into two parts almost to the base, as a leaf; consisting of two parts or subdivisions. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of dividing into two parts, or of making two correspondent parts, or the state of being so divided. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Pref. bi- + pectinate. ] (Biol.) Having two margins toothed like a comb. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. bipes; bis twice + pes, pedis, &unr_;oot: cf. F. bipède. ] A two-footed animal, as man. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having two feet; two-footed. [ 1913 Webster ]

By which the man, when heavenly life was ceased,
Became a helpless, naked, biped beast. Byrom. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. bipedalis: cf. F. bipédal. See Biped, n. ] 1. Having two feet; biped. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pertaining to a biped. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + peltate. ] Having a shell or covering like a double shield. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Pref. bi- + pennate: cf. L. bipennis. Cf. Bipinnate. ] Having two wings. “Bipennated insects.” Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] An ax with an edge or blade on each side of the handle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + petalous. ] (Bot.) Having two petals. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. L. bis twice + pinna feather. ] (Zool.) The larva of certain starfishes as developed in the free-swimming stage. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Pref. bi- + pinnate; cf. F. bipinné. Cf. Bipennate. ] Twice pinnate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + pinnatifid. ] (Bot.) Doubly pinnatifid. [ 1913 Webster ]

A bipinnatifid leaf is a pinnatifid leaf having its segments or divisions also pinnatifid. The primary divisions are pinnæ and the secondary pinnules. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. bi- + plane. ] (Aëronautics) An aëroplane with two main supporting surfaces one above the other. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. (Aëronautics) Having, or consisting of, two superposed planes, aërocurves, or the like; of or pertaining to a biplane; as, a biplane rudder. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + plicate. ] Twice folded together. Henslow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being twice folded; reduplication. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + polar. Cf. Dipolar. ] Doubly polar; having two poles; as, a bipolar cell or corpuscle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Bipolar quality. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Bibliog.) Relating to books printed at Deuxponts, or Bipontium (Zweibrücken), in Bavaria. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. bi- + prism. ] 1. A prism whose refracting angle is very nearly 180 degrees. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A combination of two short rectangular glass prisms cemented together at their diagonal faces so as to form a cube; -- called also optical cube. It is used in one form of photometer. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + punctate. ] Having two punctures, or spots. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having two points. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + pupil (of the eye). ] (Zool.) Having an eyelike spot on the wing, with two dots within it of a different color, as in some butterflies. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + pyramidal. ] Consisting of two pyramids placed base to base; having a pyramid at each of the extremities of a prism, as in quartz crystals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A hydro-aëroplane having two supporting planes. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Zool.) A labial palp. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n.; pl. Labipalpi [ NL. See Labium, and Palpus. ] (Zool.) One of the labial palpi of an insect. See Illust. under Labium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Lobe + L. pes, pedis, foot. ] (Zool.) Having lobate toes, as a coot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sebum tallow + parere to bring forth. ] (Physiol.) Same as Sebiferous. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from L. tubus tube + porus passage, pore. ] (Zool.) A genus of halcyonoids in which the skeleton, or coral (called organ-pipe coral), consists of a mass of parallel cylindrical tubes united at intervals by transverse plates. These corals are usually red or purple and form large masses. They are natives of the tropical parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. tubipore. ] (Zool.) Any species of the genus Tubipora. [ 1913 Webster ]