bivium

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noun

One side of an echinoderm, including a pair of ambulacra, in distinction from the opposite side (trivium), which includes three ambulacra.

OriginLatin bivium →
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Meanings

nounbivium (plural bivia)

plural bivia

  1. biologyOne side of an echinoderm, including a pair of ambulacra, in distinction from the opposite side (trivium), which includes three ambulacra.

Origin

  1. Latinbivium
  2. Latinbivium
  3. Englishbivium

Borrowed from Latin bivium (“a place with two ways”).

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bivium,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bivium.

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