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Bearded: fringed with hair: see barbated. 



Belly: venter; under side of abdomen. 



Belonoid: needle-like. 



Bi: prefix, means two. 



Bi-alar: two-winged: applied to Diptcru. 



Biarcuate: twice curved. 



Biareolate: with two cells or areoles : see bilocular. 



Bicaudate: having two tails or anal processes. 



Bicolored: with two colors that contrast to some extent. 



Bicornute: with two horns or cephalic processes. 



Bicuspidate: ending in two points or cusps. 



Bidactylate: with two fingers or finger-like processes. 



Bidentate: two-toothed. 



Biemarginate: twice emarginate ; with two excisions. 



Bifarious: pointing in opposite directions. 



Bifasciate: with two bands or fascia. 



Bifid: divided into two parts; split; applied in Coleoptera to tarsal claws 



which are divided so that the claws lie side by side : see biparted. 

 Biflabellate: antenna? with fan-like process on two sides. 

 Bifurcate: divided, not over half its length, into two dull points; forked. 

 Bifurcation: a forking or division into two: the point at which a forking 



occurs. 

 Biguttate: with two drop-like spots. 

 Bijugum: in two pairs. 



Bilamellar: divided into two lamina or plates. 

 Bilateral -eriter: with two equal or symmetrical sides. 

 Biliary vessels: see malpighian tubules. 

 Bilineate -us: with two lines. 

 Bilobate-ed: divided into two lobes. 



Bilocular: having two cells or compartments: see biareolate. 

 Bimaculate: with two spots or maculae. 

 Binate: in pairs: consisting of a single pair. 

 Binotate: with two rounded spots. 

 Binus: paired: doubled. 



Biogenesis: the production of life from antecedent life. 

 Biomorphotica: those neuropterous insects in which the pupa is active. 

 Bionomics: the habits, breeding and adaptations of living forms. 

 Biophore: an ultimate constituent of germ plasm or hereditary substance. 

 Bioplasm: formative living matter. 



Biparted: profoundly divided into two parts: see bifid. 

 Bipectinate: antennae having comb-like teeth or processes on each side of each 



joint. 

 Bipupillate: an ocellate spot with two pupils, of the same or different in color. 

 Biradiate: consisting of, or with two rays or spokes. 

 Biramose -ous: having two branches or doubled appendages'. 

 Biseriately: arranged in double rows or series. 

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