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biphonic

biphonic adjective: consisting of two pitches at the same time.

Adjective

biphonic (not comparable)

  1. Consisting of two pitches at the same time
    • All study dholes produced both high-frequency and biphonic calls.2016 January 6, “Potential Sources of High Frequency and Biphonic Vocalization in the Dhole ( Cuon alpinus )”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of biphonic

From bi- + -phonic.

Questions about biphonic

What does biphonic mean?
Biphonic means consisting of two pitches at the same time.
What part of speech is biphonic?
Biphonic is an adjective.

Words near biphonic in the dictionary

  1. biphonation
  2. biphonations
  3. biphoneme
  4. biphonemes
  5. biphonemic
  6. biphonic
  7. biphosphammite
  8. biphosphanate
  9. biphosphatase
  10. biphosphatases
  11. biphosphate

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