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bisulcous

UK/baɪˈsʌl.kəs/

bisulcous adjective: bisulcate.

Adjective

bisulcous (not comparable)

  1. bisulcate
    • the swine, although multiparous, yet being bisulcous, and only cloven-hoofed, is not excluded in this manner, but farrowed with open eyes as other bisulcous animals1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Origin of bisulcous

From Latin bisulcus, from bis (“twice”) + sulcus (“furrow”).

Questions about bisulcous

What does bisulcous mean?
Bisulcous means bisulcate.
What part of speech is bisulcous?
Bisulcous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce bisulcous?
Bisulcous is pronounced /baɪˈsʌl.kəs/ (UK).

Words near bisulcous in the dictionary

  1. Bisu
  2. bisubmodular
  3. bisubstituted
  4. bisubstrate
  5. bisulcate
  6. bisulcous
  7. bisulfate
  8. bisulfated
  9. bisulfates
  10. bisulfid
  11. bisulfide

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