"bicephalous" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From bi- + -cephalous. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|bi-|-cephalous}} bi- + -cephalous Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} bicephalous (not comparable)
  1. (zoology) Having two heads. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Zoology Synonyms: bicephalic Related terms: bicephalism, monocephalous, tricephalous, quadricephalous, tetracephalous, pentacephalous Translations (Having two heads): 雙頭的 (Chinese Mandarin), 双头的 (shuāngtóu de) (Chinese Mandarin), 兩頭的 (Chinese Mandarin), 两头的 (liǎngtóu de) (Chinese Mandarin), kahepäine (Estonian), kaksipäinen (Finnish), bicéphale [feminine, masculine] (French), zweiköpfig (German), doppelköpfig (German), 双頭の (sōtō no) (alt: そうとうの) (Japanese), biceps (Latin), dwugłowy [masculine] (Polish), bicéfalo (Portuguese), двугла́вый (dvuglávyj) (Russian), двухголо́вый (dvuxgolóvyj) (Russian), bicéfalo (Spanish)

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          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "Having two heads",
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          "sense": "Having two heads",
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "Having two heads",
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          "word": "двугла́вый"
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      "sense": "Having two heads",
      "word": "雙頭的"
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      "word": "双头的"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Having two heads",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "Having two heads",
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      "sense": "Having two heads",
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      "sense": "Having two heads",
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      "sense": "Having two heads",
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    },
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Having two heads",
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    },
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sōtō no",
      "sense": "Having two heads",
      "word": "双頭の"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "Having two heads",
      "word": "biceps"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Having two heads",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "dwugłowy"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Having two heads",
      "word": "bicéfalo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dvuglávyj",
      "sense": "Having two heads",
      "word": "двугла́вый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dvuxgolóvyj",
      "sense": "Having two heads",
      "word": "двухголо́вый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Having two heads",
      "word": "bicéfalo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bicephalous"
}

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