"bicephalous" meaning in English

See bicephalous in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English -cephalous English bicephalous From bi- + -cephalous. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|bi-|-cephalous|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English -cephalous English bicephalous [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "bi-", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "two", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "two", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dwóh₁", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dwi-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*dwi-", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "bi-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "bi-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-cephalous", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "bicephalous", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="bicephalous"> From bi- + -cephalous. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} bicephalous (not comparable)
  1. (zoology) Having two heads. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: dicephalous, bicephalic Related terms: bicephalism Coordinate_terms: monocephalous, tricephalous, quadricephalous, tetracephalous, pentacephalous Translations (Having two heads): 雙頭的 /双头的 (shuāngtóu de) (Chinese Mandarin), 兩頭的 /两头的 (liǎngtóu de) (Chinese Mandarin), kahepäine (Estonian), kaksipäinen (Finnish), bicéphale (French), zweiköpfig (German), doppelköpfig (German), 双頭の (sōtō no) (alt: そうとうの) (Japanese), biceps (Latin), dwugłowy (Polish), bicéfalo (Portuguese), двугла́вый (dvuglávyj) (Russian), двухголо́вый (dvuxgolóvyj) (Russian), bicéfalo (Spanish)
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