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biset

biset noun: a pair of ordered sets of the same magnitude.

Noun (1)

biset (plural bisets)

  1. A pair of ordered sets of the same magnitude.

Noun (2)

biset (uncountable)

  1. A species of pigeon, Columba livia.
    • This supposition is doubtless erroneous, as we do not find among them any indications of such an origin, and the ringdove, will not propagate with the biset, even in a state of captivity.1829, Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, The animal kingdom - Volume 8, page 276
    • Only four species of the common pigeons are found wild in this last part of the globe; from one of them, the biset or wild rock pigeon, as is supposed, are descended all the various races which we find in a state of domestication.1859, History of the Earth and Animated Nature

Examples of biset in a sentence

  • Buffon, in accordance with his whimsical idea of referring foreign species to those of Europe, considers the present as a variety of the biset (Columba livia, Briss.1876, Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, William Jardine, American Ornithology:
  • The bisque was a soup of the biset — with the biset added to it in the tureen together with a ragout or relish.1877, Eneas Sweetland Dallas, Kettner's Book of the Table, page 70:
  • Four varietles of pigeon still exist in a wild state in France—the biset, the wood pigeon, the rock pigeon, and the turtledove.1913, Daily Consular and Trade Reports - Part 1, Issues 1-74, page 582:

Forms of biset

pluralbisets

Origin of biset

From bi- + set.

From French biset.

Questions about biset

What does biset mean?
Biset means a pair of ordered sets of the same magnitude.
How do you use biset in a sentence?
Buffon, in accordance with his whimsical idea of referring foreign species to those of Europe, considers the present as a variety of the biset (Columba livia, Briss.
What part of speech is biset?
Biset is a noun.
What is the plural of biset?
The plural of biset is bisets.

Words near biset in the dictionary

  1. biserrate
  2. Bisers
  3. bises
  4. bisesquicentennial
  5. bisesquicentennials
  6. biset
  7. bisetose
  8. bisetous
  9. bisets
  10. bisexed
  11. bisexous

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