Bipartition to Birth
Bipartition
(Bi`par*ti"tion) n. The act of dividing into two parts, or of making two correspondent parts, or
the state of being so divided.
Bipectinate
(Bi*pec"ti*nate Bi*pec"ti*na`ted) a. [Pref. bi- + pectinate.] (Biol.) Having two margins
toothed like a comb.
Biped
(Bi"ped) n. [L. bipes; bis twice + pes, pedis, oot: cf. F. bipède.] A two-footed animal, as man.
Biped
(Bi"ped), a. Having two feet; two- footed.
By which the man, when heavenly life was ceased,
Became a helpless, naked, biped beast.
Byrom.
Bipedal
(Bip"e*dal) a. [L. bipedalis: cf. F. bipédal. See Biped, n.]
1. Having two feet; biped.
2. Pertaining to a biped.
Bipeltate
(Bi*pel"tate) a. [Pref. bi- + peltate.] Having a shell or covering like a double shield.
Bipennate
(Bi*pen"nate Bi*pen"na*ted) a. [Pref. bi- + pennate: cf. L. bipennis. Cf. Bipinnate.] Having
two wings. "Bipennated insects." Derham.
Bipennis
(||Bi*pen"nis) n. [L.] An ax with an edge or blade on each side of the handle.
Bipetalous
(Bi*pet"al*ous) a. [Pref. bi- + petalous.] (Bot.) Having two petals.
Bipinnaria
(||Bi`pin*na"ri*a) n. [NL., fr. L. bis twice + pinna feather.] (Zoöl.) The larva of certain starfishes
as developed in the free-swimming stage.
Bipinnate
(Bi*pin"nate Bi*pin"na*ted) a. [Pref. bi- + pinnate; cf. F. bipinné. Cf. Bipennate.] Twice
pinnate.
Bipinnatifid
(Bi`pin*nat"i*fid) a. [Pref. bi- + pinnatifid.] (Bot.) Doubly pinnatifid.
A bipinnatifid leaf is a pinnatifid leaf having its segments or divisions also pinnatifid. The primary divisions
are pinnæ and the secondary pinnules.
Biplicate
(Bip"li*cate) a. [Pref. bi- + plicate.] Twice folded together. Henslow.
Biplicity
(Bi*plic"i*ty) n. The state of being twice folded; reduplication. [R.] Bailey.
Bipolar
(Bi*po"lar) a. [Pref. bi- + polar. Cf. Dipolar.] Doubly polar; having two poles; as, a bipolar
cell or corpuscle.
Bipolarity
(Bi`po*lar"i*ty) n. Bipolar quality.
Bipont
(Bi"pont Bi*pont"ine) a. (Bibliog.) Relating to books printed at Deuxponts, or Bipontium in Bavaria.
Bipunctate
(Bi*punc"tate) a. [Pref. bi- + punctate.] Having two punctures, or spots.
Bipunctual
(Bi*punc"tu*al) a. Having two points.
Bipupillate
(Bi*pu"pil*late) a. [Pref. bi- + pupil ] (Zoöl.) Having an eyelike spot on the wing, with two
dots within it of a different color, as in some butterflies.
