Part 1103

<hw><hw>Bi"col`or</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Bi"col`ored</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>bicolor</ets>; <ets>bis</ets> twice + <ets>color</ets> color.]</ety> <def>Of two colors.</def>

<h1>Biconcave</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bi*con"cave</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + <ets>concave</ets>.]</ety> <def>Concave on both sides; <as>as, <ex>biconcave</ex> vertebr\'91</as>.</def>

<h1>Biconjugate</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bi*con"ju*gate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + <ets>conjugate</ets>, a.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Twice paired, as when a petiole forks twice.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Biconvex</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bi*con"vex</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + <ets>convex</ets>.]</ety> <def>Convex on both sides; <as>as, a <ex>biconvex</ex> lens</as>.</def>

<h1>Bicorn, Bicorned, Bicornous</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw><hw>Bi"corn</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Bi"corned</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Bi*cor"nous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>bicornis</ets>; <ets>bis</ets> twice + <ets>cornu</ets> horn: cf. F. <ets>bicorne</ets>. Cf. <er>Bickern</er>.]</ety> <def>Having two horns; two-horned; crescentlike.</def>

<h1>Bicorporal</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bi*cor"po*ral</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + <ets>corporal</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having two bodies.</def>

<h1>Bicorporate</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bi*cor"po*rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + <ets>corporate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Double-bodied, as a lion having one head and two bodies.</def>

<h1>Bicostate</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bi*cos"tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + <ets>costate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having two principal ribs running longitudinally, as a leaf.</def>

<h1>Bicrenate</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bi*cre"nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + <ets>crenate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Twice crenated, as in the case of leaves whose crenatures are themselves crenate.</def>

<h1>Bicrescentic</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bi`cres*cen"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + <ets>crescent</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having the form of a double crescent.</def>

<h1>Bicrural</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bi*cru"ral</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + <ets>crural</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having two legs.</def>

<i>Hooker.</i>

<h1>Bicuspid, Bicuspidate</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw><hw>Bi*cus"pid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Bi*cus"pid*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See pref. <er>Bi-</er>, and <er>Cuspidate</er>.]</ety> <def>Having two points or prominences; ending in two points; -- said of teeth, leaves, fruit, etc.</def>

<h1>Bicuspid</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bi*cus"pid</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>One of the two double-pointed teeth which intervene between the canines (cuspids) and the molars, on each side of each jaw. See <er>Tooth</er>, <tt>n.</tt></def>

<h1>Bicyanide</h1> <Xpage=143>