distichous

Adjective

distichous (not comparable)

1. Arranged in two rows on each side of an axis.
   • In examining the form, and inquiring into the habits of this species; we cannot but observe a slight approach to Tamias, and a more distant one to Spermophilus. Its ears are placed farther back than in the Squirrels generally, its tail is only sub-distichous, and withal it often digs its own...1846, John James Audubon, John Bachman, The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, page 131
2. In the form of a distich.