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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology 119duces color.beta-female see teratogynebeta taxonomy A level of taxonomy involving the arrangmentof species into a natural system of lower and higher taxa.see alpha taxonomy, gamma taxonomy.bialate a. [L. bis, two; alatus, winged] Two-winged.biangular a. [L. bis, two; angulus, corner, bend] Having twoangles or double keeled.biarcuate a. [L. bis, two; arcuatus, bent like a bow] Twicecurved.biareolate a. [L. bis, two; areolatus, small places] Two celled,or having two areolae. see bilocular.biarticulate a. [L. bis, two; dim. artus, joint] Having twojoints; diarticular.biaxial a. [L. bis, two; axis, axle] Having two axes.bicanaliculate a. [L. bis, two; canalis, a channel] Having twochannels or grooves.bicarinate a. [L. bis, two; carina, keel] Having two carinae orkeel-like projections.bicaudal, bicaudate a. [L. bis, two; cauda, tail] Possessingtwo tails or anal processes.bicellular a. [L. bis, two; cellula, little cell] Composed of twocells.biciliate a. [L. bis, two; cilium, eyelash] Furnished with twocilia, flagella, or elaters.biconcave a. [L. bis, two; concavus, hollow or arched inward]Being concave on both sides; amphicoelous. see amphicyrtic.bicondylic see dicondylicbiconic a. [L. bis, two; Gr. konos, cone] Being formed as twocones placed base to base.biconvex a. [L. bis, two; convexus, arched outward] Beingconvex on opposite sides; lens-shaped. see amphicyrtic,amphicoelous.bicorn a. [L. bis, two; cornu, horn] Bearing two horns; cres-