Bifid

  • 11Bifid uvula — The uvula, the little V shaped fleshy mass hanging from the back of the soft palate, is cleft or split. Cleft uvula is a common minor anomaly occurring in about 1% of whites and 10% of Native Americans. Persons with a cleft uvula should not have… …

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  • 12bifid — divided in two, e.g. a forked preopercular spine …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 13bifid — adj. [L. bis, two; findere, to split] Divided into two branches, arms, or prongs, or into two equal parts by a cleft; separated down the middle by a slit; divided by a groove into two parts …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • 14bifid — bifidity, n. bifidly, adv. /buy fid/, adj. separated or cleft into two equal parts or lobes. [1655 65; < L bifidus, equiv. to bi BI 1 + fid (var. s. of findere to split; akin to BITE) + us adj. suffix] * * * …

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  • 15bifid — adjective Cleft. Divided into two lobes. See Also: trifid, multifid …

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  • 16bífid — bí|fid Mot Pla Adjectiu variable …

    Diccionari Català-Català

  • 17bifid — adj. split into two …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 18bifid — [ bʌɪfɪd] adjective Botany & Zoology (of a part of a plant or animal) divided by a deep cleft or notch into two parts. Origin C17: from L. bifidus, from bi doubly + fidus (from findere to split ) …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 19bifid — a. Cloven, cleft, forked, bifurcate (d), bifi date (d) …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 20bifid —   Deeply notched or cleft for more than half the length, e.g. the leaflets of Cycas bifida …

    Expanded glossary of Cycad terms