bisulcous

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UK/baɪˈsʌl.kəs/

adjective

bisulcate

OriginLatin bisulcus →
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

adjectivebisulcous (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebisulcate

    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 animals

    1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinbisulcus
  2. Englishbisulcous

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

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APA

bisulcous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bisulcous

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bisulcous,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bisulcous.

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