Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology 123Having two lobes.bilocular a. [L. bis, two; loculus, compartment] Divided intotwo cells, chambers, compartments or loculi.bimaculate a. [L. bis, two; macula, spot] Marked with twospots or stains.bimarginate a. [L. bis, two; margo, border] Having two margins.bimineralic skeleton (BRYO: Gymnolaemata) Zoarium orzooecium composed of layers of calcite and others of aragonite.bimuscular a. [L. bis, two; musculus, muscle] Having twomuscles.binary a. [L. binarius, from bini, pair] 1. Composed of twounits, elements or parts. 2. Refers to designations of twokinds of names. see binominal nomenclature.binary fission A form of asexual reproduction in which a cell,or organism divides into approximately equal parts. seetransverse fission.binary nomenclature see binominal nomenclaturebinate a. [L. bini, pair] Doubled; growing in pairs.binervate a. [L. bis, two; nervus, nerve] Having two nerves orveins.binocular a. [L. bini, pair; oculus, eye] Having two eyes.binodulose a. [L. bis, two; nodulus, little knot] Having twonodes, knobs, or swellings of small size.binomen n. [L. bis, two; nomen, name] The scientific designationof a species, consisting of a generic and a specificname. see binominal nomenclature, trinominal nomenclature.binomial nomenclature A system of nomenclature using twonames, first established for animals by Linnaeus in 1758and now generally referred to as binominal nomenclature.binominal a. [L. bis, two; nomen, name] Consisting of twowords or names.binominal nomenclature The system of nomenclatureadopted by the International Congress of Zoology, by