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bilocal

bilocal adjective: describing a situation in which a married couple alternate their residence between that of the wife's and husband's group.

Adjective

bilocal (not comparable)

  1. Describing a situation in which a married couple alternate their residence between that of the wife's and husband's group.

Origin of bilocal

From bi- + local.

Words formed from bilocal

Questions about bilocal

What does bilocal mean?
Bilocal means describing a situation in which a married couple alternate their residence between that of the wife's and husband's group.
What part of speech is bilocal?
Bilocal is an adjective.

Words near bilocal in the dictionary

  1. bilobulate
  2. bilobulated
  3. bilobulates
  4. bilobulation
  5. bilobulations
  6. bilocal
  7. bilocality
  8. bilocally
  9. bilocate
  10. bilocated
  11. bilocates

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